Daughters of Africa Margaret Busby

Name: Daughters of Africa By Margaret Busby
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Arranged chronologically, this literary anthology spans from the ancient Queen of Sheba, to popular contemporaries such as Maya Angelou, Alice Walker and Buchi Emecheto, and includes many lesser known writers and anonymous traditional works that exemplify the African oral tradition.

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Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby

Arranged chronologically, this anthology of writing spans from the Ancient Queen Hatshepsut and the Queen of Sheba, to popular contemporaries such as Maya Angelou, Alice Walker and Buchi Emecheto, and includes many lesser known writers and anonymous traditional works that exemplify the oral tradition handed down through the generations. This anthology brings together women from across the globe and besides translations from African languages it includes work originally written in Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

About Margaret Busby

Margaret Busby is a leading figue in Black and literary cultural forums in Britain. Born in Ghana, she gained Honours degree in English from London University, after which she co-founded publishers Allison & Busby and was Editorial Director from 1967 to 1987. She was Editorial Director of Earthscan Publications from 1987 to 1990. She broadcasts on radio and television, and has written articles and reviews for many publications, including the Guardian, New Statesman & Society, Africa Forum, West Africa, Third World Quarterly and South. She is a contributor to the anthology Colours of a New Day: Writing for South Africa, edited by Stephen Hayward and Sarah Lefnau.

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Sku

GOR004214714

ISBN 13

9780224035927

ISBN 10

0224035924

Title

Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby

Author

Margaret Busby

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

1992-10-15

Number of pages

1127

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N/A

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