Formal Aspects of Fictive
Narrative in Africa


Garry Gillard

Selected Bibliography


Primary Sources

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Achebe, Chinua. No Longer At Ease. London: Heinemann, 1960.

Achebe, Chinua. Arrow of God. 2nd ed. London: Heinemann, 1974.

Achebe, Chinua. A Man of the People. London: Heinemann, 1966.

Achebe, Chinua. Girls at War. London: Heinemann, 1972.

Aidoo, Ama Ata. No Sweetness Here. London: Longmans, 1970.

Aluko, T.M. One Man, One Matchet. London: Heinemann, 1965.

Aluko, T.M. One Man, One Wife. 1959; rpt. London: Heinemann, 1967.

Aluko, T.M. Kinsman and Foreman. London: Heinemann, 1966.

Aluko, T.M. Chief the Honourable Minister. London: Heinemann, 1970.

Amadi, Elechi. The Concubine. London: Heinemann, 1966.

Amadi, Elechi. The Great Ponds. London: Heinemann, 1969.

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Armah, Ayi Kwei. Fragments. 1970; rpt. London: Heinemann, 1974.

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Awoonor, Kofi. This Earth, My Brother. London: Heinemann, 1971.

Bebey, Francis. Le fils d'Agatha Moudio. Yaoundé: C.L.E., 1967. Trans. by Joyce Hutchinson as Agatha Moudio's Son. London: Heinemann, 1971.

Bebey, Francis. Embarras & cie. Yaoundé: C.L.E., 1968.

Beti, Mongo. Le pauvre Christ de Bomba. Paris: Laffont, 1956. Trans. by Gerald Moore as The Poor Christ of Bomba. London: Heinemann, 1971.

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Beti, Mongo. Mission terminée. Paris: Buchet, 1971. Trans. by Peter Green as Mission to Kala. London: Heinemann, 1958.

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Clark, J.P. America, Their America. 1964; rpt. London: Heinemann, 1968.

Dadié, Bernard. Climbié. Paris: Séghers, 1956. Trans. by Karen C. Chapman. London: Heinemann, 1971.

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Diop, Birago. Les contes d'Amadou Koumba. Paris: Présence Africaine, 1961. Trans. by Dorothy Blair. London: O.U.P., 1966.

Diop, Birago. Les nouveaux contes d'Amadou Koumba. Paris: Présence Africaine, 1958.

Diop, Birago. Leurres et lueurs: poèmes. Paris: Présence Africaine, 1967.

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Laye, Camara. L'Enfant noir. Paris: Plon, 1953. Trans. by James Kirkup as The African Child. 1954; rpt. London: Collins, 1955.

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Ngugi wa Thiong'o. The River Between. London: Heinemann, 1965.

Ngugi wa Thiong'o. A Grain of Wheat. London: Heinemann, 1967.

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Nwankwo, Nkem. Danda. London: Heinemann, 1964.

Nwapa, Flora. Efuru. London: Heinemann, 1966.

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Nzekwu, Onuora. Blade Among the Boys. London: Heinemann, 1962.

Ogot, Grace. The Promised Land. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1966.

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Oyono, Ferdinand. Une vie de boy. Paris: Juillard, 1956. Trans. by John Reed as Houseboy. London: Heinemann, 1966.

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