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Book SynopsisThe experience of childhood as examined in the works of African writers.This volume examines linguistic, literary, gender and generation issues in both autobiographies and fictional treatments of childhood in the works of Camara Laye, Wole Soyinka, Mongo Beti, Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri, Zaynab Alkali, Buchi Emecheta, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Athol Fugard and Issac Mogotsi. North America: Africa World Press
Table of ContentsEditorial article - childhood before and after birth, Eldred Jones; carving a niche - visions of gendered childhood in Buchi Emecheta's "The Bride Price" and Tsitsi Dangarembga's "Nervous Conditions", Pauline Uwakweh; gender issues in Zaynab Alkali's novels, Adetayo Alabi; childhood in African literature - a literary perspective, Maxwell Okolie; beloved pawns - the childhood experience in the novels of Chinua Achebe and Mongo Beti, N.F. Inyama; the symbolic concept of childhood in Chukwuemeka Ike's "The Potter's Wheel" and "The Bottled Leopard", Ezenwa-Ohaeto; aspects of language in the African literary autobiography, Tony E. Afejuku; evaluating the literary achievement of Gcina Mhliopne, Betty Govinden; childhood a la Camara Laye and childhood a la Mongo Beti, E.P. Abanime; absence of conflict in maturation in "The African Child", G.N. Marete; trapped childhood - a study of Athol Fugard's "Cousins" and Isaac Mogotsi's "The Alexandra Tales", Lekan Oyegoke; reviews.
