Africa: General

African Books in Print: An Index by Author, Title, and Subject, ed. H. M. Zell , 2 vols. U. of Ife Press, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; and Abel, Portland, Oreg., U.S.A.; Vol. I: English and Vernacular Languages; Vol. II: French, Portuguese, Spanish.

Africana Library Journal, IV, 4 (see BIBLIOGRAPHIES PUBLISHED SERIALLY) ; contains, pp. 7-16, 'African Literature I97I-I972: A Checklist', H.M. Zell.

Bibliograpbie des auteurs africains et malgaches de lange française, ed. T. Baratte and E. Belinga , 124 pp. O.R.T.F., Paris XVIe, 1972 ; 3rd revised edn.

Cumulative Bibliography of African Studies: Author Catalogue, 2 vols. Hall (for International African Inst. Lib.), Boston, Mass., $I55.00

—: Classified Catalogue, 3 vols. Hall, Boston, Mass., $235.00.

A Current Bibliography of African Affairs. Greenwood Periodicals (for African Bibliographic Center), 5I Riverside Ave., Westport, Conn. 06880; guide to current books and articles on Africa, including bibliographic essays and entries on African literature; monthly.

African Affairs: Journal of the Royal African Society, LXXII, 286-289 (see Journals); each issue contains a 'Bibliography', ed. D. H. Simpson , and list of 'Articles on Africa Appearing in Non-Africanist Periodicals', ed. R. J. Townsend ; literary items in both.

African Books Newsletter, VII, 10-12 and VIII, I-9. K.K. Roy , 55 Gariahat Rd., P.O. Box I02I0, Calcutta I9, India. Annual sub., RsI70.00; covers all books, except juvenile, pbld. in English in most African countries, divided by subject and group headings; monthly.

Africana Library Journal: A Quarterly Bibliography and News Bulletin. Africana Pblg. Corp., I0I Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. I0003; comprehensive listings, guides to acquisitions, bibliographic articles.

International African Bibliography, III, 1-4, ed. J. D. Pearson. Mansell, 3 Bloomsbury Place, London, WCIA 2QA. Annual sub., £4.00 (U.K.), £4.25 (elsewhere); formerly pbld. by International African Institute.

M.L.A. International Bibliography 1971. Modern Language Assn. of America, 62 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. I00II. Vol. II includes 'African Literatures', pp. 228-239.

Africa Contemporary Becord: Annual Survey and Documents I972-I973, ed. C. Legum , lvii+1160 pp. Rex Collings; and Africana Pblg. Corp., New York.

Africa South of the Sahara: Index to Periodical Literature - First Supplement , lxxvii+521 pp. Hall (for Library of Congress), Boston, Mass.

African Authors: A Companion to Black African Writing I300-I973, D.E. Herdeck , 605 pp. Black Orpheus, Washington, D.C., $27.50.

African Encyclopedia, 554 pp. O.U.P.; csd., £4.00; pa., £I.50.

African Research and Documentation, I/ 1973 (see Journals); contains, pp. 11-18, 'Manuscripts and Archives Relating to Africa: Manuscripts in Western Languages Located in Europe, Asia, and America' , J.D. Pearson .

Africana Catalogue of the Ibadan University Library, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2 vols. Hall, Boston, Mass., $I2I.00.

American Doctoral Dissertations on Africa, I886-I972, M. Bratton and A. Schneller , xxi+165 pp. African Studies Assn., Brandeis U., Waltham, Mass.

Directory of African Studies in the United States, iii+201 pp. African Studies Assn., Brandeis U., Waltham, Mass; 3rd edn.

— : Supplement, 28 pp. African Studies Assn., as in preceding item.

The SCOLMA Directory of Libraries and Special Collections on Africa, ed. R. Collison and J. Roe , I18 pp. Crosby, £2.95; 3rd edn.

United Kingdom Publications and Theses on Africa, I967 and I968, ed. M. Alman , ix+244 pp. Cass (for SCOLMA), £3.50.

Who's Who in African Literature, J. Jahn , U. Schild , and A. Nordmann , 4II pp. Horst Erdmann Verlag (for German Africa Soc.), Tübingen , W. Germany, 1972, DM36.00.

Africana Library Journal, IV, 2 (see BIBLIOGRAPHIES PUBLISHED SERIALLY); contains, pp. 2-31, 'A Bibliography of African Literary Criticism I947-I966', R. Bishop ; criticism by Africans.

African Literature: An Antbology, ed. L. Sörensen , with Introduction and Notes, 168 pp. Hermods, Malmö, Sweden, 1971.

African Theatre, ed. G. Henderson , 150 pp. H.E.B. (A.W.S.), pa., £0.55; 8 prize-winning radio plays - D. Clems , 'Scholarship Woman'; K.A. Mustafa , 'Station Street' ; W. Ogunyemi , 'Sign of the Rainbow'; R. Rive , 'Make like Slaves' ; J. Singh , 'Sweet Scum of Freedom'; K. Tsaro-Wiwa , 'The Transistor Radio'; C.C. Umeh , 'Double Attack' ; E.N. Zirimu , 'Family Spear' .

African Voices, ed. H. Sergeant , xvii+137 pp. Evans; csd., £2.25; pa., £0.95.

Nine African Plays for Radio, ed. G. Henderson and C. Pieterse , with Introduction, xvii+185 pp. H.E.B. (A.W.S.), pa., £0.60; contains P.H. Addo , 'Company Pot'; Y. Ajibade , 'Lagos, Yes, Lagos'; D. Clems , 'The Prisoner, the Judge, and the Jailer'; L. Erapu , 'Beyond the Line' ; J.N. Libondo , 'Oh, how Dearly I Detest Thee'; G.J. Roberts , 'The Trial of Busumbala'; K. Sondhi , 'Susil's Dilemma' ; G. Tialobi , 'Full-cycle' ; R. White , 'The Soldiers' .

Two Centuries of African English, ed. L. Brown , xii+212 pp. H.E.B. (A.W.S.), pa., £0.70; non-fiction.

'A King for All Seasons: Chaka in African Literature', K. Ogungbesan , Work in Progress , 2, pp. 94-125 (see Journals); also in Présence Africaine, 88, pp. 197-217 (see Journals).

'A mai afrikai regény' ['The Novel in Contemporary Africa'], T. Keszthelyi , Kritika, IX, 11 & 12 (1971), pp. 123-8.

'A Non-traditional Literary Perspective', A.H. Berrian , College Language Assn. Journal, XVI, pp. 16-22 (Baltimore , U.S.A.)

'African Aesthetics and Literature'. See WEST AFRICA, Criticism, GENERAL STUDIES.

'African Drama : A Renaissance ?'. See WEST AFRICA, GENERAL STUDIES.

African Folklore, R.M. Dorson , 520 pp. Indiana U. Press, Bloomington.

'African Languages and Oral Traditions: UNESCO's Ten-year Plan', O. Bhêly-Quenum , UNESCO Chronicle (Paris), XIX, 4, pp. 145-50.

'African Literature and Canada: A Progress Report and One or Two Analogies' , G.D. Killam , The Dalhousie Review, LIII, 4, pp. 672-87 (see Special Issues).

'African Theatre in London'. See WEST AFRICA, GENERAL STUDIES.

African Writers on African Writing, ed. G. D. Killam , xiii+172 pp. H.E.B.; csd., £2.50; pa., £I.20; essays, articles, interviews by Achebe, Clark, Gordimer, Kane, Kariuki, Laye, Mazrui, Mezu, Oculi, Okara, Ousmane, Rubadiri, Soce, U Tam'si.

African Writers Talking (ed. Duerdon and Pieterse). Reviewed, P. M. Ogbang, Black World, XXII, 1 (1972), pp. 51-52, 88-9 (see Journals).

'Afro-American Images of Africa: Four Antebellum Black Authors', N.D. Haskett , Ufahamu, Iii, I. (1972), pp. 29-40 (see Journals); on W. W. Brown, M. Delany , F. Douglass , D. Walker.

'An Interview with Janheinz Jahn', Ufahamu, IV, 1, pp. 34-44; discussion of African Literature.

An Introduction to the African Novel (Palmer). Reviewed, R. E. McDowell, WLWE, XII, 1, pp. 45-6 (see COMMONWEALTH: GENERAL, Journals).

'Art, a Simulacrum of Reality: Problems in the Criticism of African Literature' , S.O. Iyasere , Journal of Modern African Studies (London), XI, 3, pp. 447-55.

'Autobiographies in Africa', K. Ogungbesan , Savanna (Zaria, Nigeria), II, 1, pp. 1-10.

Az afrikai irodalom kalakulása és fejlödése napjainkban [The Rise and Development of African Literature], T. Keszthelyi , 303 pp. Budapest, 1971.

'Black Aesthetics', G. Kamenju , Afras, 3 (see Journals).

Black African Literature: An Introduction, J.P. Makouta-Mbouhou , translated from the French by A. Mboukou, 161 pp. Black Orpheus, Washington, D.C., $9.50.

'Black Literature in France', M. Fabre , Studies in Black Literature, IV, 3, pp. 9-14 (see Journals).

Colloque sur la Négritude, tenu à Dakar, Sénégal, du I2 au I8 avril I97I sous les auspices de l'Union progressive sinigalaise, 244 pp. Présence Africaine, Paris, 1972.

'Concepts of the Black Aesthetic in Contemporary Black Literature', A. Chapman , The Black Writer in Africa and the Americas, pp. 11-44 (see below).

Congrès International des Africanistes: Deuxième session, II-20 décembre I967, 583 pp. Présence Africane, Paris, 1972, F30.00.

'Contrasting Views of "Black" African Literature', R.C. Clark , Review of National Literatures, II, 2, (1971), pp. 243-53.

'Critical Procedure and the Evaluation of African Literature', E. Wright , The Critical Evaluation of African Literature, pp.1-22 (see below).

'Criticism and The Emergence of African Fiction', See WEST AFRICA, GENERAL STUDIES.

De la négritude dans la littérature négro-africaine, T. Malone , 141 pp. Présence Africaine, Paris, 1972.

English in Africa, G.P. McGregor , x+214 pp. H.E.B. (for UNESCO), 1971.

'From the Black American World', Ezekiel Mphahlele , Okike , 4, pp. 51-61 (see Journals); links between Afro-American thought & Africa.

In Search of African Theatre, S. Kennedy , i+306 pp Scribner's, New York.

Intentions in African Literature, ed. A. L. McLeod , 66 pp. Dept of English, Rider College, Trenton, N.J., 1972.

Joyce Cary and the Novel of Africa, M.J.C. Echeruo , vii+156 pp. Longman, £2.75; and Africana Pblg. Corp. , New York, 1971.

La nouvelle poésie nègro-africaine d'expression française, M. Rombaut , 80 pp. Centre Etude et Documentation Africaines, Brussels, 1972.

'Language, Society, and Literature', O.A. Ladimeji , The Conch , IV, 1 ( 1972), pp. 38-54.

L'art de la parole dans la culture de l'Afrique au Sud du Sahara, J. Ortova , 80 pp. Université, Prague, 1971.

'Le personnage de Chaka chez Mofolo, S. Badian, et Senghor', B. Kotchy , Le théâtre négro-africaine, pp. 113-16 (see next item).

Le théâtre négro-africaine: Actes du colloque d'Abidjan, I970, 246 pp. Présence Africaine, Paris, 1971.

'Les études africaines en Bulgarie', T. Obenga , Présence Africaine , 88, pp. 178-9.

'Les formes théâtrales dans la vie africaine traditionnel', L. Kesteloot , Le théâtre négro-africain ..., pp. 21-24 (see above).

'Levels of Ambiguity in the African Novel', M. Dorsinville , Canadian Journal of African Studies, V ( 1971), pp. 213-25.

'Littérature africaine: Recherche et critique', M. Kane , Congrès International des Africanistes ..., pp. 329-38 (see above).

Littérature et colonialisme, M.A. Loufti , 147 pp. Mouton, Paris , 1972.

'L'utilisation dex techniques du théâtre traditionnel africain dans le théâtre négro-africain moderne', F.X. Cuche , Le théâtre négro-africain ..., pp. 137-42 (see above).

'Negritude: A Sense of Reality', R.E. Bush , Black World, XXII, 1 (1972), pp. 36-47.

'Négritude et humanisme', T. Malone , Colloque sur la Negritude ..., pp. 53-60 (see above).

'Négritude et littérature', M. Kane. Colloque sur la Negritude ..., pp. 61-75.

'New Trends in West and East African Fiction', B. Lindfors , Review of National Literatures, II, 2 (1971), pp. 15-37.

'North African Novels in French: A Survey of Engage Literature', J. Bryson , Ufahamu, IV, 1, pp. 104-117.

'Obscurity and Commitment in Modern African Poetry', See WEST AFRICA, GENERAL STUDIES.

'Oceanic and River Imagery in Two Francophone Poets: Tchicaya U Tam'si and J. B. Tati-Loutard', G. Moore , The Dalhousie Review, LIII, 4, pp. 638-44.

'Oral Literature and the Individual Literary Talent', B. Lindfors , Studies in the Novel, IV (1972), pp. 200-217 (North Texas State U.).

Panorama de la littérature noire d'expression française, J. Nantet , 282 pp. Fayard, Paris, 1972.

'Parallel Image-sets in African Oral Narrative-performances', H. Scheub , Review of National Literatures, II, 2 (1971), pp. 206-223.

Peoples and Cultures of Africa, ed. E. P. Skinner. Doubleday, New York ; Part V reprints various essays on 'African Aesthetics and Recreation'.

'Problématique de la négritude', L.S. Senghor , Colloque sur la Négritude ..., pp. 13-28.

'Prodigals, Come Home!', Chinweizu , Okike , 4, pp. 1-12; on what constitutes modern African poetry.

'Racial Terms for Africans in Elizabethan Usage', E.D. Jones , Review of National Literatures, III, 2 (1972), pp. 54-89.

Sabaran Myth and Saga, H.T. Norris , 240 pp. Clarendon Press (Oxford Library of African Literature), Oxford, 1972, £6.00.

Sovremenmye literatury Afriki: Severnaja i zapadnaja Afrika [Modern North and East African Literature], ed. O. S. Ribkina , 392 pp. Nauka, Moscow, 2r I6k.

'Structuralism in Poetry and Mythology: Towards a Study of African Vernacular and Oral Literature', S.O. Anozie , The Conch, IV, 1 (1972), pp. 1-21.

Tell Me Africa: An Approach to African Literature, J. Olney , x+324 pp. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, $I5.00.

'The American Image in African Literature', L.W. Brown , The Conch, IV, 1 (1972), pp. 55-70.

The Black African Theatre and Its Social Functions, B. Traore , translated and with Introduction by D. Adelugba , 125 pp. Ibadan U. Press, Ibadan, Nigeria; and Africana Pblg. Corp. , New York, 1972.

The Black Interpreters: Notes on African Writing, Nadine Gordimer , 76 pp. Spro-Cas, Johannesburg, South Africa.

'The "Black White Man" in African Protest Literature', M.W. Peplow , Lock Haven Review , XIII ( 1972), pp. 3-14 (Lock Haven State College, Pa.).

The Black Writer in Africa and the Americas, ed. and with an Introduction by L. W. Brown , 229 pp. Hennessey & Ingalls, Los Angeles; csd., $9.50; pa., $4.95.

The Critical Evaluation of African Literature, ed. E. Wright , xi+179 pp. H.E.B.; csd., £2.75; pa., £I.50.

'The Concept of the Individual as Hero in Modern African Literature', J. Hetherington , Afras, 3 (see Journals).

The Elizabethan Image of Africa, E.D. Jones , iv+52 pp. Virginia U. Press (for Folger Shakespeare Library), Richmond, Va., 1971.

The Emergence of African Fiction (Larson. Reviewed, H. Dinwiddy , African Affairs , LXXIII, 292, pp. 379-80 (see Journals); and

O. Leslie , Okike, 4, pp. 81-89.

'The Image of the United States in the Writings of French-speaking Black Authors' , J. Silenieks , Africa Today, XIX, 3 (1972),pp. 73-81 (see Journals).

'The Limitations of Universal Critical Criteria', D.I. Nwoga , The Dalhousie Review, LIII, 4, pp. 608-630.

'The Negritude Tradition in Literature', B.M. Wright , Studies in Black Literature, Iii, I. (1972), pp. 1-3.

'The New Mood in African Literature', Ezekiel Mphahlele , Africa Today, XIX, 4 (1972).

'The ORTF and African Literature', A. Ricard , Research in African Literatures, IV, 2, pp. 189-91 (see Journals).

'The Personal and the Public: African Poetry in French', C. Wake , Review of National Literatures, II, 2 (1971), pp. 104-123.

'The Rise of African Pornography', B. Lindfors , Transition, 42, pp. 65-71 (see Journals).

'The Situation of the African Writer in Post-colonial Africa', C. Wauthier , The Dalhousie Review, LIII, 4, pp. 733-41.

'Thoughts on the African Novel'. See WEST AFRICA, GENERAL STUDIES.

'Tradition and Continuity in African Literature'. See WEST AFRICA, GENERAL STUDIES.

'Up the Congo Without a Paddle: Images of Blackest Africa in American Fiction' , C. Scott , North Dakota Quarterly, XL, 4 (1972), pp. 7-19.

Who's Who in African Literature (Jahn). Reviewed, 'Inventory of African Authors', K. W., West Africa, 2933, 27 Aug., p. 1189 (see WEST AFRICA, Journals); and U. Schild , Afrika (West Germany) (English edn.), XIV, 3, pp. 16-19.

Afras: Journal of African and Asia Studies, 3. U. of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex.

Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, XLIII, 1-4. O.U.P., Press Rd., Neasden, London, NWI0 oDD; occasional literary articles, reviews; quarterly.

Africa Quarterly: A Journal of African Affairs, XIII, 1-4. Indian Council for Africa, 5 Curzon Lane, New Delhi .

Africa Report, XVIII, 1-9. African American Institute, 866 United Nation Plaza, New York, N.Y. I00I7; current events, politics, economics, African arts and literature; 9 times annually.

Africa Today, XX, 1-6. Graduate School of International Studies, U. of Denver, Colorado 80220; occasional literary articles, poetry, reviews; 6 times annually.

African Affairs: Journal of the Royal African Society, LXXII, 286-289. O.U.P. (for R.A.S.), Press Rd., Neasden, London, NWI0 oDD; quarterly.

African Arts, VI, 3-4 and VII, 1-2. African Studies Center, U. of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024; literary and other arts of Africa; quarterly.

African Research and Documentation, 1-4/ 1973. SCOLMA & African Studies Assn. of the United Kingdom , c/o Centre for West African Studies, U. of Birmingham ; replaces Library Materials on Africa.

African Studies Association of the West Indies Bulletin. A.S.A.W.I., P.O. Box 222, Kingston 7, Jamaica; annual.

African Studies Review, XVI, 1-3. African Studies Assn., Michigan State U., East Lancing, Michigan ; 3 times annually.

Africana Library Journal. See BIBLIOGRAPHIES PUBLISHED SERIALLY.

Afro-Asian Theatre Bulletin. American Educational Theatre Assn., John F. Kennedy Center, 726 Jackson Place, Washington, D.C. 20566; gratis on exchange; twice annually.

Ba Shiru, IV, 2 and V, 1. Dept. of African Languages & Literature, U. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; twice annually.

Black Academy Review. Black Academy Press, 3296 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. I42I4.

Black Orpheus, ed. J. P. Clark. U. of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

Black World, XXIII. Johnson Pblg. Co., Rockefeller Center, I270 Ave. of the Americas, New York, N.Y. I0020.

Books Abroad, XLVII, 1-4. U. of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma 73069; regularly reviews African books; quarterly.

Cahiers d'études africaines. Ecoles Practique de Hautes Etudes, Section des Sciences Economiques et Sociales, Paris.

Continent 2000. Groupe 2000, I8 Rue de Fauberg Poissonnière, Paris Xe; politics, economics, culture, entertainment; monthly.

Cultural Events in Africa, 93-102. Transcription Centre, 84c Warwick Ave., London, W9 2PU (since No. 99: African Studies Centre, U. of Cambridge, Sidgwick Ave., Cambridge , CB3 9DA).

Issue: A Quarterly Journal of Africanist Opinion, III, 1-4, ed. P. S. Barker. African Studies Assn., Waltham, Mass.

Jeune Afrique, 51 avenue des Terres, Paris XIVe; news magazine; short stories, cultural articles, reviews; weekly.

Journal of Black Studies. Fage Pblns., 275 S. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. 902I2.

Journal of the New African Literature and the Arts, II & 12 (1972) and 13 & 14 (1973). Third Press, New York, $3.95 each.

—Vol. III, 389 pp. Third Press, New York; reprint.

L'Afrique Actuelle, 19 Rue Greneta, Paris IIe; news and cultural magazine, articles in French and English; monthly.

L'Afrique Littéraire et Artistique, 32 Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris Xe; cultural magazine in French; 6 times annually.

Library Materials on Africa. See African Research and Documentation.

Lotus. Permanent Bureau of Afro-Asian Writers, I04 Kasr-el-Aini St., Cairo, U.A.R.; includes poetry, fiction, criticism, translations, reviews; quarterly.

Munger Africana Library Notes. Munger Africana Library, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. 9II09; each issue a separate title; 5 or 6 times annually.

Okike: An African Journal of New Writing, 4, ed. Chinua Achebe. P.O. Box 597, Amherst, Mass. 0I002.

Présence Africaine, 85-88. Pbld. at 25 bis, Rue des Ecoles, Paris Ve; in French and English; quarterly.

Research in African Literatures, IV, 1-2. African & Afro-American Research Institute, U. of Texas, Austin, Texas 787I2; twice annually.

Studies in Black Literature, IV, 1-3. Dept. of English, Mary Washington College, Box 3425, Fredericksburg, Virginia 2240I; 3 times annually.

The Conch. Dept. of English, U. of Texas, Austin, Texas 787I2.

Transition, 42-43. P.O. Box 9063, Accra, Ghana.

Ufahamu: Journal of the African Activist Association, IV, 1-3. A.A.A., African Studies Center, U. of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024; 3 times annually.

Work in Progress, 2. Dept. of English, Ahmadu Bello U., Zaria , Nigeria; mimeographed; annually.

Spectrum, III (June). School of Arts & Sciences, Georgia State U., Atlanta, Georgia; 'Essays on African Literature'.

The Dalhousie Review, LIII, 4 (see CANADA, Journals) ; contains papers given at the Conference on African Writing, Dalhousie and Mount St. Vincent Universities, Halifax , Canada, May 1973.

The Greenfield Review, II, 3 (1972). Greenfield Center, New York.