African Authors

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Julia Mann video interview (African-American student author/producer)...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie interview (contemporary Nigerian author)

and Botswana's most influential writer...

Bessie Head (1937-1986)

Is the author of:
  • When the Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
  • A Question of Power (1973)
  • Maru (1971)
  • A Collector of Treasures (1977)
  • A Woman Alone
  • To Stir the Heart
Nugugi wa Thiong'o (1938-) now works at the University of California in Comparative Literature. His novels include:
  • Petals of Blood (1977)
  • Weep Not Child
  • Devil on the Cross (1982)
  • The River Between
  • Dreams in a Time of War 
  • Wizard of the Crow (2006)
And various non-fiction books: including Writers in Politics, Decolonizing the Mind, and the play I Will Marry When I Want. He was exiled from his native country and now lives and teaches in California.

Doris Lessing: 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature: (1919-2013) is usually considered a British author, although she was born in Iran (Persia at that time), and grew up in Zimbabwe--what is now Rhodesia. More info on her can be found at the link.

HOMEWORK: Please begin reading Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. This book will be due for a discussion or quiz the day we return from break. Your next portfolio is due Monday, April 13.

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