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Author Osa, Osayimwense.

Title African children's and youth literature / Osayimwense Osa
Published New York : Twayne Publishers ; [1995]
London : Prentice Hall International, [1995]
©1995
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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 162 pages)
Series Twayne's world authors series ; TWAS 853. African literature
Twayne's world authors series ; TWAS 853
Twayne's world authors series. African literature.
Contents Introduction: A Farewell to Neglect -- Cyprian Ekwensi: Pioneer African Writer for Children and Young Adults -- The Bride Price: A Masterpiece of African Youth Literature -- Young Adult Love and Marriage -- Material Wealth, Greed, Corruption, and the African Young Adult -- A Quest for Utopia: A Paradise for the Masses and African Youth Activism -- African Children's and Youth Fiction About War -- Reaching African Children and Youth and "Thinking Multicultural."
Summary Provides a critical introduction to African children's and youth literature
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-157) and index
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Subject Children -- Books and reading -- Africa.
Children's literature, African (English) -- History and criticism
Young adult literature, African (English) -- History and criticism
Youth -- Books and reading -- Africa.
Children -- Books and reading.
Children's literature, African (English)
Young adult literature, African (English)
Youth -- Books and reading.
Africa.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0805749888
9780805749885