African literatures:

an introduction

Oyekan Owomoyela

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Crossroads Press, 1979 - Literary Criticism - 148 pages

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Title	African literatures: an introduction Basic Africana library
Author	Oyekan Owomoyela
Publisher	Crossroads Press, 1979
Original from	the University of Virginia
Digitized	3 Oct 2007
Length	148 pages
Subjects	Literary Criticism › African African literature African literature History and criticism Authors, African History and criticism Literary Criticism / African

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