Kolawole Ogungbesan
Biographic Data
| ID | 130952 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kolawole Ogungbesan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kolawole |
| FAMILY NAME | Ogungbesan |
| SIGNATURE | OGUNGBESAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ahmadu Bello University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Writing of Peter Abrahams
Reality in Nadine Gordimer's a world of strangers
La quete de l'identite et de la realite sous-tend le theme de la misanthropie dans cette satire sociale sur l'apartheid en Afrique du Sud
A Celebration of Black and African Writing
Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
West Africa
A Cultural Approach to African Languages and Literature
No abstract
A Celebration of Black and African Writing
Whole Soyinka and the Poetry of Isolation
RÉSUMÉLa réputation qu'a Wole Soyinka d'être un auteur difficile et obscur provient davantage de sa poésie que de ses pièces de théâtre ou de ses romans. L'idée qui sous-tend cette poésie dérive de l'opinion—d'ailleurs proclamée par l'auteur—que l'œuvre de tout écrivain africain doit refléter une vision globale précise.Soyinka, poète visionnaire, réagit face aux crises politiques de sa société, crises dans lesquelles il s'est trouvé intimement im…
Nigerian Writers and Political Commitment
No abstract
Politics and the African Writer
The African writer has been very much influenced by politics, probably because the African intellectual is a part of the political elite. The writer is a sensitive point within his society. Thus, African literature has tended to reflect the political phases on the continent. Chinua Achebe is a very suitable example. Beginning during the colonial days his writing spans the succession of political crises which has beset Nigeria. Also, more than any…
The Politics of This Island Now
The Political Novels of Peter Abrahams
pETER ABRAHAMS'S works have not received the attention they deserve. This is especially true of his political novels, A Wreath for Udomo (1956), A Night of Their Own (1965), and This Island Now (1966). Although none of them can claim to be Abrahams's best novel-that honor belongs to Wild Conquest (1953)-they deserve attention as penetrating studies of the facts of power, race and culture. Abrahams's theme is the attempt of black men to regain the…
The Writing of Peter Abrahams
Nigerian Writers and Political Commitment
No abstract
Politics and the African Writer
The African writer has been very much influenced by politics, probably because the African intellectual is a part of the political elite. The writer is a sensitive point within his society. Thus, African literature has tended to reflect the political phases on the continent. Chinua Achebe is a very suitable example. Beginning during the colonial days his writing spans the succession of political crises which has beset Nigeria. Also, more than any…
The Politics of This Island Now
The Political Novels of Peter Abrahams
pETER ABRAHAMS'S works have not received the attention they deserve. This is especially true of his political novels, A Wreath for Udomo (1956), A Night of Their Own (1965), and This Island Now (1966). Although none of them can claim to be Abrahams's best novel-that honor belongs to Wild Conquest (1953)-they deserve attention as penetrating studies of the facts of power, race and culture. Abrahams's theme is the attempt of black men to regain the…
The Political Novels of Peter Abrahams
pETER ABRAHAMS'S works have not received the attention they deserve. This is especially true of his political novels, A Wreath for Udomo (1956), A Night of Their Own (1965), and This Island Now (1966). Although none of them can claim to be Abrahams's best novel-that honor belongs to Wild Conquest (1953)-they deserve attention as penetrating studies of the facts of power, race and culture. Abrahams's theme is the attempt of black men to regain the…
The Politics of This Island Now
Nigerian Writers and Political Commitment
No abstract
Politics and the African Writer
The African writer has been very much influenced by politics, probably because the African intellectual is a part of the political elite. The writer is a sensitive point within his society. Thus, African literature has tended to reflect the political phases on the continent. Chinua Achebe is a very suitable example. Beginning during the colonial days his writing spans the succession of political crises which has beset Nigeria. Also, more than any…
A Cultural Approach to African Languages and Literature
No abstract
A Celebration of Black and African Writing
Whole Soyinka and the Poetry of Isolation
RÉSUMÉLa réputation qu'a Wole Soyinka d'être un auteur difficile et obscur provient davantage de sa poésie que de ses pièces de théâtre ou de ses romans. L'idée qui sous-tend cette poésie dérive de l'opinion—d'ailleurs proclamée par l'auteur—que l'œuvre de tout écrivain africain doit refléter une vision globale précise.Soyinka, poète visionnaire, réagit face aux crises politiques de sa société, crises dans lesquelles il s'est trouvé intimement im…
A Celebration of Black and African Writing
Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
West Africa
Reality in Nadine Gordimer's a world of strangers
La quete de l'identite et de la realite sous-tend le theme de la misanthropie dans cette satire sociale sur l'apartheid en Afrique du Sud
The Writing of Peter Abrahams
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