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AFRICAN CIVILIZATION HISTORY Periods (Ancient - Postclassical - E Modern - 19th Century - 20th Century)Political History (Government - Military) Social History (Class - Gender - Family) Economic History (Technology - Trade) Cultural History (Religion - Philosophy - Science - Art) CULTURE Periods (Ancient - Postclassical - E Modern - 19th Century - 20th Century) Verbal Arts (Language - Script - Mythology - Folklore) Visual Arts (Painting - Sculpture - Architecture) Performing Arts (Dancing - Music - Theatre - Cinema) LITERATURE Periods (Postclassical - E Modern - 19th Century - 20th Century) Genres (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography - Essay) Literary Works
West Africa
SENEGAL Sembene, Ousmane(1923-2007) XALA(1973)
NIGERIA Tutuola, Amos(1920-1997) PALM-WINE DRINKARD(1952) Achebe, Chinua(1930-2013) THINGS FALL APART(1958) Amadi, Elechi(1934-2016) CONCUBINE(1966) Soyinka, Wole(1934- ) DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN(1975) Emecheta, Buchi(1944-2017) BRIDE PRICE(1976)
East Africa
KENYA Ngugi wa Thiong’o(1938- ) GRAIN OF WHEAT, A(1967)- WIZARD OF THE CROW(2004)
South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA Schreiner, Olive(1855-1920) STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM(1883) Paton, Alan(1903-1988) CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY(1948) Renault, Mary(1905-1983) LAST OF THE WINE(1956) Gordimer, Nadine(1923-2014) CONSERVATIONIST(1974)- JULY’S PEOPLE(1981) Fugard, Athol(1932- ) ‘‘MASTER HAROLD” ... AND THE BOYS(1932) Head, Bessi(1937-1986) WHEN RAIN CLOUDS GATHER(1968) Coetzee, J. M.(1940- ) WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS(1980)- LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K(1983)- DISGRACE(1999)
ZIMBABWE Lessing, Doris(1919-2013) GOLDEN NOTEBOOK (1962)- FIFTH CHILD(1988)
LESOTHO Mofolo, Thomas(1876-1948) CHAKA(1925)
CINEMA
West Africa
SENEGAL Sembené, Ousmane(1923-2007) MANDABI(1968)- XALA(1975)- CEDDO(1977)- CAMP AT THIAROYE(1988)- GUELWAAR(1992) Makharam, Ababacar Samb(1934-1987) JOM(1982) Sow, Thierno Faty(1941-2009) SOW, THIERNO FATY(1988) Mambety, Djibril Diop(1945-1998) TOUKI-BOUKI(1973)- HYENAS (HYENES)(1992)
IVORY COAST Écare, Désiré(1929-2008) FACES OF WOMEN(1985)
BURKINA FASO Ouedraogo, Idrissa(1954-2018) YAABA(1989)
MALISissoko, Cheick Oumar(1945- ) FINZAN(1989)
East Africa
ETHIOPIA Gerima, Haile(1946- ) HARVEST: 3000 YEARS(1976)
KENYA Peploe, Mark(1943- ) AFRAID OF THE DARK(1991) Patel, Raju(1960- ) IN THE SHADOW OF KILIMANJARO(1986)
South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA Cornelius, Henry(1913-1958) PASSPORT TO PIMLICO(1949)- GENEVIEVE(1953)- I AM A CAMERA(1955) Uys, Jamie(1921-1996) GODS MUST BE CRAZY(1980)- GODS MUST BE CRAZY II(1989) Sundstrom, Cedric(1948- ) AMERICAN NINJA III(1989)- AMERICAN NINJA IV(1991) Blair, Jon(1950- ) ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED(1995) Mclachlan, Duncan(1951- ) SCAVENGERS(1988)- DIE HARD(1988)- RUDYARD KIPLINGS THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK: MOWGLI AND BALOO(1997) Oblowitz, Michael(1952- ) THIS WORLD, THEN THE FIREWORKS(1997) Yule, Paul(1956- ) DAMNED IN THE U.S.A.(1992) Schmitz, Oliver(1960- ) MAPANTSULA(1987) Roodt, Darrell James(1962- ) PLACE OF WEEPING(1986)- STICK, THE(1987)- SARAFINA!(1992)- FATHERHOOD(1993)- DANGEROUS GROUND(1997) Kramer, Wayne(1965- ) THE COOLER(2003) Stanley, Richard(1966- ) HARDWARE(1990)- DUST DEVIL: THE FINAL CUT(1992) Liebesman, Jonathan(1976- ) DARKNESS FALLS(2003) Hoffman, Anthony RED PLANET(2000)

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