Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:-English-language fiction from West Africa / Jonathan A. Peters -- English-language fiction from East Africa / Arlene A. Elder -- English-language fiction from South Africa / John F. Povey -- English-language poetry / Thomas Knipp -- English-language drama and theater / J. Ndukaku Amankulor -- French-language fiction / Servanne Woodward -- French-language poetry / Edris Makward -- French-language drama and theater / Alain Ricard -- Portuguese-language literature / Russell G. Hamilton -- African-language literatures : perspectives on culture and identity / Robert Cancel -- African women writers : toward a literary history / Carole B. Davies and Elaine S. Fido -- The question of language in African literatures / Oyekan Owomoyela -- Publishing in Africa : the crisis and the challenge / Hans M. Zell.