INTWASA POETRY, Ed. JANE MORRIS
My review of this book has come out on Galatea Resurrects. Go there and read this and 63 other poetry reviews in the May 5 issue.
Importance of African Languages in African Literature
Once in a while, I check the search engines terms that are driving the most traffic to my blog, Wealth of Ideas, and the searches are often revealing of what kinds of information people are looking for at any time. Today, of the several interesting ones, "the importance of African languages in African literature" stood out. It's a topic I too am passionate about. I have written about it before in a post entitled " Language in African Literature ", but even this doesn't begin to cover the most important facts about the issue. Perhaps one day I will write treatise on the topic of language in African literature, and mini posts like this are my way of mapping a project description. But now let's go to some serious stuff on African languages in African Literature. Let me start by saying that I am annoyed by glossaries. Their intent seems to be to appeal to a foreign audience, or, most importantly, to any speakers for whom the glossaried language is for...
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