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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
KENYA Ngugi wa Thiong’o(1938- ) GRAIN OF WHEAT, A(1967)-WIZARD OF THE CROW(2004)
LESOTHO
Mofolo, Thomas(1876-1948)CHAKA(1925) 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) SENEGAL Sembene, Ousmane(1923-2007) XALA(1973) 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)
CINEMA
BURKINA FASO Kaboré, Gaston (1951- ) ZAN BOKO (1988) Ouedraogo, Idrissa(1954-2018) YAABA(1989) Kouyaté, Dani (1961- )KEITA: HERITAGE OF THE GRIOT (1995) CAMEROON Téno, Jean-Marie (1954- )CLANDO / Clandestine (1996) Ba-Kobhio, Bassek (1957- ) VILLAGE TEACHER / Sango Malo (1991)-THE GREAT WHITE MAN OF LAMBARÉNÉ / LE GRAND BLANC DE LAMBARÉNÉ (1995)-FOREST / Le Silence de la forêt (2003) CONGO Mweze, Ngangura (1950- ) LIFE IS ROSY / La vie est belle (1987)-IDENTITY PIECES / Pièces d’identité (1998)
ETHIOPIA Gerima, Haile(1946- ) HARVEST: 3000 YEARS(1976) IVORY COAST Écare, Désiré(1929-2008) FACES OF WOMEN(1985) KENYA Peploe, Mark(1943- ) AFRAID OF THE DARK(1991) Patel, Raju(1960- ) IN THE SHADOW OF KILIMANJARO(1986) MALISissoko, Cheick Oumar(1945- ) FINZAN(1989)-GUIMBA THE TYRANT (1995)
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)East Africa Absa, Moussa Séné (1958- )SCRAP HEAP / Tableau Ferraille (1996) 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 (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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