This volume of the historical journal African Literature Today provides an overview of the position of African literature at the end of the 20th century and an examination of the directions that African literature is now taking with new and emerging writers and the growth of writing by African women. Contributors examine the influence of new concerns-- globalization and the view from the diaspora, as well as established themes such as childhood and war.

ABOUT THE EDITOR
ERNEST N. EMENYONU is chair of the department of African Studies at University of Michigan, Flint. He served as deputy vice-chancellor at University of Calabar, Nigeria, and also as provost of Alvan Ikoku College of Education in Owerri, Nigeria. He is the author of several works of criticism on African literature as well as of fiction including a collection of short stories and four children’s books.

CATEGORY
Literature, Cultural Studies/AFRICA