Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth-Century Carribean and Black African Writers, Vol. 157
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Plan of the SeriesIntroductionKofi Anyidoho (1947-)3Erna Brodber (1940-)17Jan Carew (1920-)27Chinweizu (1943-)36Michelle Cliff (1946-)49Merle Collins (1950-)59Fred D'Aguiar (1960-)67H. I. E. Dhlomo (1903-1956)79Lorna Goodison (1947-)85Chukwuemeka Ike (1931-)96Francis D. Imbuga (1947-)105Festus Iyayi (1947-)113Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952-)123Jamaica Kincaid (1949-)131Kojo Laing (1946-)140David G. Maillu (1939-)150Matsemela Manaka (1956-)159Jack Mapanje (1944-)170Dambudzo Marechera (1952-1987)181Paule Marshall (1929-)192Una Marson (1905-1965)203Charles Mungoshi (1947-)209Shiva Naipaul (1945-1985)218Njabulo Ndebele (1948-)227Grace Nichols (1950-)235Lewis Nkosi (1936-)241Wale Ogunyemi (1939-)251Isidore Okpewho (1941-)262Ben Okri (1959-)277Niyi Osundare (1947-)286Marlene Nourbese Philip (1947-)296Caryl Phillips (1958-)307John Ruganda (1941-)323Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-)331Olive Senior (1941-)340Sipho Sepamla (1932-)349Zulu Sofola (1938-)361Bode Sowande (1948-)371Miriam Tlali (1933-)381Books for Further Reading389Contributors393Cumulative Index397
\ This recent "DLB" volume profiles 18 African and 12 Caribbean authors, only 3 of whom have been written about in this series before. Included is Derek Walcott, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1992; other familiar names are Chinua Achebe, Buchi Emecheta, and Jean Rhys. Nigeria (7 authors), South Africa (5), Ghana (5), and Guyana (5) are the most-represented countries. The Caribbean authors included are also of African heritage or are closely identified with it; Caribbean authors of Hispanic descent are covered in other "DLB" volumes As in other DLB volumes, each article begins with a list of the author's writings and ends with a bibliography of relevant critical writings. Articles trace the development of each writer's career and vary in length from 4 to 23 pages. All are interesting reading. Photographs, representations of book jackets and manuscript pages, quotations from works, etc., are used by way of illustration. The book ends with an appended article about autobiographical slave narratives and a bibliography on the larger subject of the volume. Articles are signed, and contributors' affiliations are given. There is a series index. A second volume on Caribbean and African writers is planned This volume is for all libraries that have made a commitment to the "DLB" series and for those whose patrons would be interested in these authors.\ \
