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2011-2012 Catalog 
    
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CPL 400 - 20th Century Major African Authors.


At least junior standing, a course in literature, a course in African literature; or consent of instructor. (3) H.

Intensive study of works by important 20th century authors from different African countries, including Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Leepold Sedar Senghor, Nawal El Saadawi, Naguib Mahfouz, Dennis Brutus, Mariama Baa, Nadine Gordimer. Focus on evolution of the author’s canon, impact on the literary context, relationship between imaginative creativity and biography, historical and cultural contexts. Also listed as AFA 400 .



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