Mr. Baldwin, I Presume

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Author: Ernest A. Champion

ISBN-10: 0761800433

ISBN-13: 9780761800439

Category: African Literature

This book is a study of James Baldwin and Chinua Achebe, the two most prominent black writers of the twentieth century. Although other books have addressed their individual works, this is the first to make the connection between the two. The author provides a solid critical examination of Baldwin's and Achebe's writings and argues that there exists a remarkable similarity of thought in the struggle against colonialism in Africa and slavery and racism in America. This book gives refreshingly...

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his book is a study of James Baldwin and Chinua Achebe, the two most prominent black writers of the twentieth century. Although other books have addressed their individual works, this is the first to make the connection between the two.

ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1A Disturber of the Peace1Ch. 2A Meeting of the Minds; The Pain of the Wound in Our Souls55Ch. 3A Tale of Two Ships85Ch. 4Why Not the Impossible?113Ch. 5The Writer We Met; The Man We Saw129Conclusion141