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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

Tale of two Africas (1964-03-22)

Type

Critical Article

Published

1964-03-22
The Sunday Times

Authors (0)

No Author

Citation

"Tale of two Africas", The Sunday Times, 22 Mar 1964, 38 Gale Primary Sources Database, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/FP1801030600/STHA?u=linc74325&sid=gale_api&xid=e14b011b. Accessed 26 Jun 2024

Excerpt

"The two writers who represent to me the bursting buds of young African literature--writing in English but supremely of Negro Africa are Noni Jabavu, Xhosa of South Africa, and Chinua Achebe, the Ibo of Nigeria.

Related People (3)

Achebe, Chinua 'Albert Chinualumogu' | Mentioned Poet
Stacey, Tom | Critic
Jabavu, Noni 'Helen Nontando Jabavu ' | Author

Repositories (1)

The Sunday Times