Africa: General

A Tentative Portuguese-African Bibliograpby: Portuguese Literature in Africa and African Literature in the Portuguese Language, G.M. Moser , x+ 148 pp. Pennsylvania State U. Libraries, University Park, Pa. , $5.00.

Africana Kesearch Bulletin, I, 2 (see WEST AFRICA, Journals); contains, pp. 27-9, 'A Bibliography of African Oral Literature', G.M.K. Avery.

Bibliography of African Oral Narratives, H. Scheub, 160 pp. African Studies Program (Occasional Paper No. 3), U. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, $3.00.

Bibliograpby of Creative African Writing, J. Jahn and C.P. Dressler. Kraus, Nendeln, Liechtenstein, $25.00

Catalogue of an Exhibition of African Literature, John, Zell, and Silver, with Introduction by A. Irele. U. of Ife Bookshop, Ife, Nigeria; exhibition at Bookshop, December.

Checklist: Creative Writing from Black Africa (Sub-Sabara, 30 pp. National Book League, London, £0.20; mimeographed; select list of books in print in Britain.

Messages: An Annotated Bibliography of African Literature for Scbools, G.-C.M. Mutiso. Montclair State College Press, Upper Montclair, N.J. , U.S.A., 1970.

Research in African Literatures, II, 2 (see Journals); contains, pp. 150-67, 'Collections of African Folklore for Children', N.J. Schmidt.

Studies in the Novel, III, 2 (Box I3706, N.T. Station, Denton, Texas 76203); special issue on Afro-American novelists, which includes a checklist by R. E. McDowell and G. Fortenberry.

United States and Canadian Publications and Theses on Africa in I966, ed. L. Hofmann , ix+300 pp. Hoover Institution (Bibliographical Series), Stanford, Calif., $5.00.

A Current Bibliography on African Affairs. Greenwood Periodicals (for African Bibliographic Center), 5I Riverside Ave., Westport, Conn. o688o. Annual sub. U.S.A., $25.00; foreign, $27.00; guide to current books and articles on Africa, including bibliographc essays and entries on African literature and drama; monthly.

Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. See below, under International African Bibliography ...

African Affairs: Journal of the Royal African Society, LXX, 278-281 (see Journals); each issue contains a 'Bibliography', compiled by D. H. Simpson, and a list of 'Articles on Africa Appearing in Non-Africanist Periodicals', compiled by R. J. Townsend; literary items in both.

African Books Newsletter. K. K. Roy Ltd., 55 Gariahat Rd., P.O. Box I02I0, Calcutta I9, India. Annual sub., Rs. I70.00; monthly newsletter; covers all books, except books for children, published in English in most African countries, divided by subject and group headings; previously listed under Afro-Asian Books Newsletter.

Africana Library Journal: A Quarterly Bibliograpby and News Bulletin, ed. J. B. Webster. Africana Pblg. Corp., I0I Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. I0003. Annual sub., individuals $I3.50 (U.S.A.), $I5.00 (elsewhere); libraries $20.00 (U.S.A.), $22.00 (elsewhere); comprehensive listings, guides to acquisition, bibliographic articles.

International African Bibliograpby/Bibliographie Internationale Africaine, I, I-4. International African Institute, St. Dunstan's Chambers, I0-II Fetter Lane, London, EC4A IBJ, £0.75. Annual sub., £2.50; includes section headed 'Arts, Literature, Folklore'; quarterly; formerly appeared as 'Bibliography of Current Publications' in quarterly Africa: Journal of the International African Institute.

The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, VI, 2; contains, pp. 4-12, 'Africa: General' section of 'Annual Bibliography of Commonwealth Literature I970'.

Africa Contemporary Record I970-I97I, ed. C. Legum , maps, I100 pp. Rex Collings, £I0.50.

Library Materials on Africa, VIII, 2 (see Journals); contains, pp. 117-21, 'A World List of African Periodicals' , C.M. Lambert .

African Poems and Love Songs, ed. C. and W. Leslau. Peter Pauper, Mount Vernon, N.J., U.S.A., 1970.

Modern African Stories: A Collection of Contemporary African Writing, ed. C. R. Larson , 192 pp. Fontana, paper, £0.30; revised edn.; first published as African Short Stories, 1970, Collier-Macmillan, New York; stories by Aidoo, S. Bemba, B. Diop, Kimenye , J. Matthews , La Guma, Mphahlele , A. Nicol , Ngugi, S. Ousmane, N. Sentongo, Tutuola.

Negritude: Black Poetry from Africa and the Caribbean, ed. and translated by N. R. Shapiro. October House, New York, 1970, $7.50; work of original Negritude poets in French, with parallel English translations.

Bastide, Roger. African Civilizations in the New Wlorld, with Introduction by G. Parrinder, translated from the French by O. Green , 220 pp. Hurst, £2.50.

Blyden, Edward Wilmot. Black Spokesman: Selected Published Writings of Edward Wilmot Blyden , ed. H. Lynch , 354 pp. Cass, £3.25.

Jackson, John G. Introduction to African Civilizations. University Books , New Hyde Park, N.Y., 1970 .

Okoye, F.N. The American Image of Africa: Myth and Reality, 157 pp. Black Academy Press, Buffalo, N.J., $8.oo.

Paden, J.N. and W.S. Edward. The African Experience, 4 vols. Northwestern U. Press, Evanston, Ill., U.S.A., 1970; and Vols. I and II, 682 pp. and 468 pp. H.E.B., 1971, $I2.00.

Rotberg, Robert I. (ed.) Rebellion in Black Africa, 320 pp. O.U.P., New York; and London , paper, £I.20; essays selected from Protest and Power in Black Africa (1970).

Turner, V. (ed.) Profiles of Change: African Society and Colonial Rule, viii+45 pp. C.U.P., £5.00; Vol. III of Colonialism in Africa, I870-I960

. For Vols. I and II, see JCL, VI, 2, p. 8, under Gann.

Willett, Frank. African Art: An Introduction, 249 plates, 273 pp. Thames & Hudson; cloth, £2.I0; paper, £I.25.

African Folktales, ed. P. Radin. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, N. J., paper, $3.95.

Bantu Tales, ed. and translated by L. Crane. Viking, New York, 1970; I9 Baluba and Lulua tales, originally written down by a missionary in the Congo in 1930; selected for children by V. Holladay.

'A New Generation of North African Writers Treats Post-Independence Cultural Ambiguities', L. Blacque-Belair , Africa Report, XV, 2 (1970), pp. 32-3 (see Journals).

'African Culture and Liberation', D. Brutus , Africa Today, XVII, I (1970), pp. 4-5 (see Journals); on Festival of Pan-African Culture, 1969.

'African Folktales as Literature: Animals, Humans, and Gods', O.R. Dathorne , The Conch, II, 2 (1970), pp. 90-101 (see Journals).

'African Literature and Propaganda', E. Mphahlele , The Jewel of Africa, II, 3 and 4 (1969), pp. 53-62 (see EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, Journals)

; continuation of item listed in JCL, 10 ( 1970), p. 7.

'African Literature, National Identity, and the University', G.D. Killam , Umma,I, I (1970),pp.49-57(see EAST AND CENTRALAFRICA, Journals).

'African Literature: What Does it Take to be its Critic?', E. Emenyonu , African Literature Today, 5, pp. I-II (see Journals).

'African Theatre: A Call for Change', J.N. Birihanze , Umma, 1, 2, pp. 7-11,

'African Vernacular Writing: An Essay on Self-Devaluation', D.P. Kunene. African Social Research (Lusaka, Zambia), IX (1970), pp. 639-59.

'Africana in the Library of Congress: The Role of the African Section', J.W. Witherell , Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress ( Washington, D.C.), XXVII (1970 ), pp. 184-93.

'An Appeal to African Writers to be African', F. Pointer , Ufahamu, I, I (1970), pp. 100-107 (see Journals).

'Anti-Negritude in Algiers', B. Lindfors , Africa Today , XVII, I (1970), PP. 5-7.

'Applied Literature and Social Imagination in Africa', O. Oculi , East Africa Journal , VII, 8 ( 1970), pp. 7-20 (see EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, Journals).

'At the Sources of African Literature in Portuguese', E.A. Riauzova , Narody Azii i Afriki (Moscow), 3/ 1970, pp. 93-103, 253; in Russian with English summary.

'Background to a Literature', D.S. Blair , English Studies in Africa, XIV, 2, pp. 147-59 (see APPENDIX: SOUTH AFRICA, Journals); account of origins of Francophone African writing.

'Black Autobiography in Africa and America', J. Bruchac , Black Academy Review, II, I and 2, pp. 61-70 (see Journals).

'Black Culture: Myth or Reality ?', R. Blauner , Afro-American Anthropology: Contemporary Perspectives, ed., N. E. Whitten and J. F. Szwed (Free Press, New York, 1970), pp. 347-64.

'Césaire on Culture', Griot (pseud.), West Africa, 4 April 1970, pp. 362-3 (see WEST AFRICA, Journals).

'Commitment', A.A. Aidoo , English Department Workpapers, I, pp. 10-14 (see Journals).

'Criticism and Literature in Africa', D.S. Izevbaye , Perspectives on African Literature, pp. 25-30 (see below, under Perspectives ... ).

'Establishing Music, Dance and Drama in an African University', A.A. Mensah , Penpoint, 25 (1970), pp. 1-4 (see EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, Journals).

Four African Literatures: Xhosa, Sotho, Zulu, Amharic, A.S. Gérard , xiv+458 pp. U. of California Press (London office), £7.I5.

'French Literature of Africa', G.B. Parks , Studies in the Humanities, ed. W. F. Grayburn (Indiana), Vol. II, pp. 586-601.

'Genetic Structuralism as a Critical Technique: Notes toward a Sociological Theory of the African Novel', The Conch, III, I, pp. 33-44.

'La lecture en Afrique Noire d'expression française, position de problème' , J. Chevrier , L'Afrique Littéraire et Artistique, 13 (1970), pp. 2-8 (see Journals).

'Le phase de la négritude', H. Aguessy , Présence Africaine, 80, pp. 33-48 (see Journals).

La poésie africaine d'expression portugaise, ed. M. de Andrade , translated into French by J. Todrani and A. Joucla-Ruau. Oswald, Paris, 1969.

La thème de l'Europe dans quelques romans africains d'expressions française et anglaise, F.-X. Gasana. U. of Liège, Belgium; thesis treating Loba Conton, Socé, Dipoko, Kane.

Le théâtre en Afrique noire et à Madagascar, R. Cornevin , 335 pp. Le Livre Africain, Paris, 1970.

'Les littératures africaine et canadienne d'expression française: Génese et jeunesse—Conference Report', T. Cassirer , Research in African Literatures, II, 2, pp. 190-95 (see Journals); conference at U. of Vermont, June 1971.

'Literary Protest in French-speaking Africa', G. Moore , Protest and Power in Black Africa, ed. Rotberg and Mazrui (O.U.P., New York, 1970), pp. 807-22.

'Nationalism and the development of Neo-African Literature', E. Sellin , Books Abroad, XLV, 2, pp. 199-207 (see Journals).

'Nationalism: Masks and Consciousness', K. Awoonor , Books Abroad , XLV, 2, pp. 207-II.

'Negritude', K. Opoku-Agyeman , English Department Workpapers, I, pp. 5-9.

'Neo-African and Afro-American Literatures', E. Sellin , Journal of Modern Literature, I (1970), pp. 249-53 ; review article.

'Neo-colonialism in Publishing', N.P. Machin , English Department Workpapers, I, pp. 22-4.

'New Trends', A. Britwun , English Department Workpapers, I, pp. 15-21.

'On the Social Function of Modern African Theatre and Brecht', J. Fiebach , Darlite, IV (1970), pp. 5-19 (see EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, Journals).

'Open-air Theatre', B. Vavilov , Abbia, 23 (1969), pp. 133-6, with French translation, pp. 137-40; (see WEST AFRICA, Journals); on traditional and modern African drama.

'Perceptions of Social and Political Actors and Processes in African Literature' , G.-C.M. Mutiso , Journal of the New African Literature and the Arts, 9 and I0, pp. 12-43 (see Journals).

Perspectives on African Literature: Selections from the Proceedings of the Conference on African Literature held at the University of Ife I968, ed. C. Heywood , viii+175 pp. H.E.B., cloth, £2.oo; paper, £I.00.

'Political Protest in the African Novel in English', J. Povey , Protest and Poaver in Black Africa, pp. 823-53 (see 'Literary Protest ...' item, above.

'Problématique de la négritude', L.S. Senghor , Présence Africaine , 78, pp. 3-26.

Proceedings of the Conference on the Study of Ghanaian Languages held at the University of Ghana, Legon, May 5th-8th, I968, ed. J. R. Birnie and G. Ansre. Ghana Pblg. Corp., Accra, Ghana, 1969.

'Provisional Notes on Literature and Criticism in Africa', S. Mpondo , Présence Africaine, 78, pp. 118-42.

Researches in African Oral Literature in the European Socialist Countries, P.J. Páricsy. African Studies Association, Brandeis U., Waltham, Mass., 1970, $2.50.

'Social Change and Pan-Africanism in African Literature', G.-C.M. Mutiso , Black World (formerly Negro Digest), XIX, 10 (1970), pp. 4-20.

'Some Problems of Translation in African Literature', B. Packman , Perspectives on African Literature, pp. 64-77 (see above).

'Some Questions on "Committed Literature" ', C.J. Brumfit , Umma, I, 2, pp. 18-20.

Studies on Modern Black African Literature, ed. P. Páricsy , xvii+121 pp. Center for Afro-Asian Research (Studies on Developing Countries No. 43), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest; unabridged versions in English of articles that appeared translated into Magyar in Helikon, I/I970 ( Budapest).

'Sympathy and Art: Novels and Short Stories', D. Carter , African Literature Today, 5, pp. 137-42; reviews books by Aluko, Dipoko, Lo Liyong, Ousmane, Palangyo.

'The African Writer and his Past', Ngugi wa Thiong'o ( James Ngugi ), Perspectives on African Literature, pp. 3-8 (see above)

; also, with minor variations, as 'The Writer and his Past', Mazungumzo, I, 2, pp. 29-34 (see Journals).

'The African Writers Series', A. Hill , Research in African Literatures , II, I, pp. 18-20; followed by G. Moore , 'A Comment on The African Writers Series', pp. 21-5; on the Heinemann series.

'The Beginnings of French-African Fiction', F. Michelman , Research in African Literatures, II, I, pp. 5-17.

'The Choice and Use of Language', W. Soyinka , Cultural Events in Africa, 75, pp. 3-6; (see Journals); text of address at U N E S C O meeting on The Influence of Colonialism on the Artist, Dar es Salaam, 5-10 July 1971.

'The Concept of "African Personality": Its Meaning and Significance in the Political Thought of Blyden', K. Adelaja , Présence Africaine , 80, pp. 49-72.

'The Criticism of African Literatures', R.E. McDowell , Africa Today , XVIII, 3, pp. 92-100.

'The Criticism of Modern African Literature', A. Irele , Perspectives on African Literature, pp. 9-24 (see above).

'The Development of African Prose-writing in English: A Perspective', L. Brown , Perspectives on African Literature, pp. 33-48.

'The Encyclopedia Africana Project of W. E. B. Du Bois', C.G. Contee , African Historical Studies (Boston), IV, I, pp. 77-91.

'The Festival of Arts at Ife', R. Berger , Présence Africaine , 77, pp. 215-17; on December 1970 festival.

'The Language Problem', K. Yankson , English Department Workpapers , I, pp. 1-4.

'The Literary and Artistic Sociology of Black Africa', F.N'S. Agblemagnou , Diogenes, Summer, pp. 89-110,

'The Politics of Contemporary African Literature', J.U. Gordon , Black Academy Review, II, I and 2, pp. 23-40.

'The Scramble for Africana: A Review Article', A.H.M. Kirk-Greene , African Affairs, LXX, 278, pp. 77-83 (see Journals).

'The Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa (SCOLMA)', D.H. Simpson , Library Materials on Africa, VIII, 3, pp. 196-206.

'The Teaching of Traditional African Literature', F.A. Irele , Proceedings of the Conference on the Study of Ghanaian Languages, pp. 81-9 (see above).

'The Two Literary Centres of Black Africa', V. Klima , Afro-American Anthropology: Contemporary Perspectives, pp. 168-75; on literature in Nigeria and South Africa.

'Toward a Method of Analysis of African Oral Literature: Introduction to a Selective Analytical Bibliography', V. Gorog , The Conch, II, 2 (1970), pp. 59-68.

'Women in African Literature', G.-C.M. Mutiso , East Africa Journal, VIII, 3, pp. 5-13.

Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, XLI, 1-4, ed. D. Forde. O.U.P., Press Rd., Neasden, London, NWI0 oDD, £0.75 per copy; occasional literary articles, reviews; quarterly.

Africa Quarterly: A Journal of African Affairs, XI, 1-4, ed. B. G. Metha. Indian Council for Africa, 5 Curzon Lane, New Delhi. Annual sub., Rs. I0.00.

Africa Report, XVI, 1-9. African American Institute, Suite 500, Dupont Circle Building, Washington, D.C. 20036. Annual sub., $6.oo (U.S.A.), $8.oo (foreign); current events, politics, economics, African arts and literature; 9 times annually.

Africa Today, XVIII, 1-6. Graduate School of International Studies, U. of Denver, Colorado 802I0. Annual sub., $6.50 (U.S.A.), $8.50 (foreign); occasional literary articles, poetry, reviews; 6 times annually.

African Affairs: Journal of the Koyal African Society, LXX, 278-281, ed. A. Smith and R. Rathbone. O.U.P. (for R.A.S.), Press Rd., Neasden, London, NWI0 0DD, £0.50. Annual sub., £2.00 to non-members; quarterly.

African Arts/Arts d'Afrique, IV, 3-4 and V, 1-2, ed. P. O. Proehl and J. Poven. African Studies Center, U. of California, Los Angeles, Ca. 90024, $3.00. Annual sub., $I0.00; literary and other arts of Africa; quarterly.

African Literature Today: An Annual Review, 5, ed. E. D. Jones. H.E.B., 48 Charles St., London, WIX 8AH; cloth, £2.00; paper, £0.90; and Africana Pblg. Corp., I0I Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. I0003; issue devoted to 'The Novel in Africa'; formerly twice annually, now annual.

African Notes, VI, 2. Institute of African Studies, U. of Ibadan , Ibadan, Nigeria. Annual sub., 5s; mimeographed.

African Studies Association of the West Indies Bulletin, 4. A.S.A.W.I., P.O. Box 222, Kingston 7, Jamaica. Annual membership sub., J $3.00 (individual), J$6.oo (organizational); first printed issue; Nos. I-3, pre-I97I, mimeographed.

African Studies Bulletin. See next item.

African Studies Review, XIV, 1-3. African Studies Association, c/o African Studies Center, Brandeis U., Waltham, Mass. 02I54. Annual sub., $20.00 (institutions and Fellows of A.S.A.), $I2.00 (Fellows overseas and Associates); 3 times annually; new name, since 1970, for preceding item.

Africana Library Journal. See BIBLIOGRAPHIES PUBLISHED SERIALLY.

Afro-Asian Theatre Bulletin. American Educational Theatre Association, John F. Kennedy Center, 726 Jackson Place, Washington, D.C. 20566, gratis on exchange; twice annually.

Afro-Asian Writings. See Lotus item, below.

Ba Shiru. Dept. of African Languages & Literature, I450 Van Hise Hall, U. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706. Annual sub., $2.00; first issue, Spring 1970; twice annually.

Black Academy Review, II, ed. S. O. Mezu. Black Academy Press, 3296 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. I42I4. Annual sub., $7.00 (students, $4.00); quarterly, but II, I and 2 was a combined issue.

Black Orpheus: A Journal of the Arts from Africa, ed. J. P. Clark and A. Irele. Daily Times of Nigeria, 3 Kakawa St., P.O. Box I39, Lagos. Annual sub., 20s (Nigeria), £I.25 or US$6.oo (elsewhere); appears irregularly.

——Nos. I-22, ed. Ulli Beier, in reprint. Kraus, Nendeln, Liechtenstein, cloth, $I90.00.

Books Abroad, XLV, 1-4. U. of Oklahoma Press , Norman, Oklahoma 73069. Annual sub., $4.00; regularly reviews African books. In JCL, VI, 2, 1970 issues wrongly noted as Vol. XL, instead of XLIV.

Cabiers d'etudes africaines. Ecoles Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des Sciences Economiques et Sociales, Paris.

Continent 2000, 16-27, ed. M. Burton et al. Groupe 2000, I8 Rue de Faubourg Poissonnière, Paris Xe. Annual sub., F50.00 or £4.00; politics, economics, culture, entertainment; monthly.

Cultural Events in Africa, 70-81, ed. M. Lautre. Transcription Centre, 84c Warwick Ave., London, W.9. Annual sub., £I4.00; processed. Note new address.

English Department Workpapers, I-III. Dept. of English, U. College of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana; mimeographed, stiff printed covers; 3 times annually; I: 'Burning Issues in African Literature', II: 'Teaching Problems', III: 'Imaginative Writing'.

Jeune Afrique, 5 I Avenue des Terres, Paris XIVe. Annual sub., FI00.00; news magazine; includes short stories, cultural articles, reviews; weekly.

Journal of Black Studies, I, 1-2 (1970), 3 (1971), ed. A. L. Smith , Fage Pblns., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, Ca. 902I2 (also 44 Hatton Gdns., London, E.C.i).

Journal of the New African Literature and the Arts, 9 and I0, ed. J. Okpaku. Third Press, 444 Central Park W., New York, N.Y. I0025, $3.00.

——Vol. II, ed. J. Okpaku. Crowell, New York, $8.95; reprint.

L'Afrique Actuelle, ed. O. Bhely-Quenum , I9 Rue Greneta, Paris IIe, F3.00. News and cultural magazine, with articles in French and English; monthly.

L'Afrique Littéraire et Artistique, 15-20. Published at 32 Rue de L'Echiquier, Paris Xe. Annual sub., F6o.oo; cultural magazine in French; 6 times annually.

Library Materials on Africa: Newsletter of the Standing Committee on Library Materials on Africa, VIII, 1-3. Business address: c/o Mr M. McKee, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, W.C. I ; mimeographed.

Lotus (formerly Afro-Asian Writings; No. I under new title Jan. I97I). Permanent Bureau of Afro-Asian Writers, I04 Kasr-el-Aini St., Cairo, U.A.R. Annual sub., $2.00; includes fiction, poetry, criticism, translations, reviews; quarterly.

Mazungumzo: Student Journal of African Studies, I, I (1970), 1,2(1971), ed. C. Karega. African Studies Center, Michigan State U., East Lancing, Michigan, gratis.

Munger Africana Library Notes, I, 1-6 (1970- 1971) and II, 7-11 (1971-1972 ), ed. E. Munger. Munger Africana Library, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Ca. 9II09. Annual sub., $Io.oo; each issue a single title.

Présence Africaine, 77-80. Published at 25 bis, Rue des Ecoles, Paris Ve. Annual sub., F22.00 (France & Francophone Africa); F25.00 (elsewhere); in English and French; quarterly.

Research in African Literatures, II, 1-2, ed. B. Lindfors. African & Afro-American Research Institute, U. of Texas, Austin, Texas 787I2, gratis; twice yearly.

Studies in Black Literature, II, 1-3, ed. R. K. Singh , Dept. of English, Mary Washington College , Fredericksburg, Virginia 2240I. Annual sub., $4.oo ; 3 times annually.

The Conch, III, ed. S. O. Anozie , Dept. of English, U. of Texas, Austin, Texas 787I2. Annual sub., $5.50; twice annually.

Ufahamu: Journal of the African Activist Association, I, 1-3 (1970), 11, 1-3 (1971). A.A.A., c/o African Studies Center, U. of California, Los Angeles, Ca. 90024. Annual sub., $3.00 (individual), $5.00 (organizational) ; 3 times annually.

Review of National Literatures, II, 2 (Autumn); on Black Africa; first issue of this journal dated Spring 1970.