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Bards and Tyrants:
Essays in African Writing

 


 

Bards and Tyrants presents a whole bundle of African social and literary criticism in several years of writing. Chin Ce argues that no serious evaluation of contemporary African history should ignore the contributions of the creative literatures of her people.
His modest contribution to the discourse of literature and society begins in the trenchant style of the new poetics. Yet there is a sense of justification that the acerbic notes are attenuated by the tributes and happy reflections in the latter parts of this collection. The author wishes for many more critical bards in the society of African folklore than we have had as of date and hopes that a more intense study of African oral traditions could equip Africa to confront the challenges of modern nationhood.

Bards and Tyrants [Essays].  Chin CE  2009 244 p. ISBN 978-9-7835-0353-3

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