Southern African literatures

Abstract

Author's Preface Introduction: Writing Literary History in Southern Africa. Part One: Oral Tradition: A Usable Past 1. Bushman (San) Songs and Stories 2. African (Bantu) Songs, Stories, Praises Part Two: Writing of European Settlement: South Africa 1652-1910 1. Images of Africa, 1652-1820 2. The Story of Frontier, 1820-1870 3. Anglicisation and the Afrikaans language Movements, 1875-1930 4. The Story of the Colony. Fiction, 1880- Part Three: African or Colonial Literature: 1880s to 1960s 1. The Colonial Past in the Independent State 2. Belonging and Belief in South Africa, 1910-1948 3. Belonging and Belief in South Africa, 1910-1948 4. Identity and the Apartheid State, 1958-1970 Part Four: Commissioned by the Nation, Commissioned by the Society, Independence, Post-Independence 1. Malawi and Zambia: The Writer in the One-party State 2. Anglola and Mozambique. National Ideals and Pragmatic Realities 3. Zimbabwe: The Unified Nation or the Functioning Society 4. Namibia: Making a Literature Part Five: Writing in the Interregnum. South Africa, 1970-1995 1. Black Consciousness and White Africans 2. The Black Theatre Model, Towards an Aesthetic of South African Theatre 3. The Story of Community: A Resilient Tradition 4. The Truth of Fiction and the Fiction of Truth: Writing Novels in the Interregnum 5. The State of Emergency, The New South Africa Part Six: Further References Chronology. General Bibliographies. Individual Authors - notes on biography, works and criticism. Index

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