The Ordeal of the African Writer

Download or read book The Ordeal of the African Writer written by Charles Larson and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how only a small number of African writers--like Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri, Nuruddin Farah, and Wole Soyinka--have become known outside of their own continent. It also details the enormous obstacles they face within Africa to get their work published, let alone to support themselves financially from their writing. Charles R. Larson combines writers' own testimony, pen portraits of their lives, and factual investigation to explore the full dimensions of this problem.