Heinemann African Writers Series information

The African Writers Series (AWS) is a collection of books written by African novelists, poets and politicians. Published by Heinemann, 359 books appeared...

Poems of Black Africa is a poetry anthology edited by Wole Soyinka, published in 1975 as part of the Heinemann African Writers Series. It was arranged...

influential Heinemann African Writers Series. It is an epic historical novel, attempting to depict the last "two thousand seasons" of African history in...

Book of African Verse edited by John Reed and Clive Wake (Heinemann African Writers Series, 1985). "The piece belongs with the best of Senghor's nostalgic...

Ghanaian writer Ayi Kwei Armah. It was published in 1968 by Houghton Mifflin, and then republished in the influential Heinemann African Writers Series in 1969...

In June 1962 a conference of African literature in the English language, the first African Writers Conference, was held at Makerere University College...

1920s. The novel was published as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. The phrase "Arrow of God" is drawn from an Igbo proverb in...

Zulu then translated by South African poet Mazisi Kunene and published in 1979 in the Heinemann African Writers Series. The poem follows the life of Shaka...

wa Thiong'o that was published as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. It tells the story of the separation of two neighbouring villages...

novel by Somali writer Nuruddin Farah. It was Farah’s debut and was published as the 80th book in Heinemann's African Writers Series. Following the rejection...

Johnson-Davies was published in 1969 as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. The novel is a counternarrative to Heart of Darkness. It was...

Makerere University Press in 1963, and republished in the Heinemann African Writers Series in 1968. The Black Hermit is the story of a young man, Remi...

(novel), London: Heinemann African Writers Series, 1969; Ibadan: Heinemann Books, 1993, ISBN 0-435-90025-0 The Great Ponds (novel), Heinemann, 1969; Macmillan...

influential Heinemann African Writers Series. It was written while he was studying at Leeds University and first published in 1967 by Heinemann. The title...

and writer Ferdinand Oyono. The novel was translated into English by John Reed in 1967 and republished in 1969 in the influential Heinemann African Writers...

(London: Heinemann, African Writers Series No. 238) ISBN 0-435-90238-5 1984: A New Book of African Verse 1965: The Second Round (London: Heinemann, African Writers...

republished many times subsequently, including in the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. The novel is a political historical novel which explores the...

second book in Heinemann's African Writers Series. Burning Grass was the first novel written for publication in the African Writers Series, which had begun...

London. His first novel, The Only Son, was published in Heinemann's African Writers Series in 1966, followed in 1969 by its sequel, Obi, and then Oil...

United Kingdom in 1958 by William Heinemann Ltd and became the first work published in Heinemann's African Writers Series. The novel follows the life of...

Thiong'o, which was later republished as part of the influential African Writers Series in 1982. The novel, though dealing with a diverse range of literary...

African society." The Edifice (Heinemann African Writers Series, Heinemann Educational Books, 1971, ISBN 9780435906351) The Combat (Heinemann African...

about Nigeria. The novel was republished in the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. Portals:  Nigeria  1960s  Novels Mercedes Mackay (January...