Group 8

African Literature

This is a list of the subcollections within the World Literature Collection at the Community Virtual LIbrary on Info Island.

This list contains links to resources on literature groups by language, country, ethnic group, etc.

GENERAL RESOURCES

A treasury of African folklore / by Harold Courlander [1975] {Internet Arcive]

African Literature (goodbooks.com)

African Literature on the Internet (Columbia University)

African Literature (Written Literature)

Teaching African Literature (A Webb, A Clements, A Camara - Univ. of Michigan)

Literature & Language (Boston Univ.ersity African Studies Center)

AfricaBib.org

Reading African Women Writers


Afrikaans (South Africa and Namibia)

Gutenberg

Audio Books in Afrikaans (librivox.org)

Wikipedia Information

Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse literatuur

Books By Language (Internet Archive)

Afrikaans Literature and Language (African Studies Centre)

Aflrikaans Literature (HathiTrust Digital Library)

Afrikaans Books (goodreads.com)


Akan (Ghana and Ivory Coast)

Wikipedia Information

Aspects of Akan Oral Literature in the Media / by Kofi Kofi Agyekum

Akan Kasadwini (Akan Oral Literature) / by K. Agyekum (Abstract)

Akan-Ashanti folk-tales / by Rattray, R. S. 1930 (Internet Archive)

Akan of Ghana, their ancient beliefs / by Eva L.R. Meyerowitz (Internet Archive)

Spider and the Sky God : an Akan legend / by D.M Chocolate & D Alberts (Internet Archive)

Anansi the Spider: Trickster or Teacher? (folklorethursday.com)


Amharic (Ethiopia)

Wikipedia (Ethiopian Literatue)

Amharic Books (goodreads .com)

Ethiopia Books (goodreads.com)

Amharic Literature (HathiTrust Digital Library)

Ethiopian Folktales

Selected Annotated Bibliography on Amharic / Gover Hudson (WayBack Machine)


Berber (Morocco, Algeria)

Shilha literature (Wikipedia)

Moorish literature [1901] (Internet Archive)

Berber Books (goodreads.com)


Coptic (Egypt)

Wipedia Information

Archaeological Atlas of Coptic LIterature (paths.com)

Copitic Literature / by Tito Orlandi

Development of Coptic Literature (Eternal Egypt)

Overview of and introduction to Coptic literature / by Roger Pearse [2010]

Alin Suciu's Coptic Literature and Manuscripts (FaceBook)


Fulani/Fula/Fulah (West Africa)

Fulani Books (goodreads.com)

Fula Language/Culture Acquisitions at Columbia University (Bibliography)

Who Are the Fulani People & Their Origins? (modernghana.com)


Hausa (West Africa)

Hausa Books (goodreads.com)

Hausa Language/Culture Acquisitions at Columbia University (Bibliography)

Hausa Folk-Lore / by Maalam Shaihua [1913]

Hausa Literature (HathiTrust Digital Library)


Igbo (Nigeria)

Igbo Folklore

Igbo Culture (Wikipedia)

The Igbo Folktale: Performance Conditions and Internal Characteristics / by J. O. J. Nwachukwu-Agbada


Malagasy (Madagascar)

Wikipedia Information

Knowing the Unknowable: Writing from Madagascar / by A.M Charette

Madagascar (Section on literature - more resources in side menu)

Malagasy Books (Includes books about Madagascar) (goodreads.com)


Oromo (Ethiopia

Oromo People (Wikipedia)

Oromo Folklore and Literature (FaceBook)

Analysis of Guji Oromo Folktales: Function in Focus / by Gumi Boru

Oromo Traditional Beliefs, Cultures & Customs

Afan Oromo Books (goodreads.com)


Somali (Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya)

Somali Books (goodreads.com)

Wikipedia Information

Somali Literature (African Studies Centre)

The Best Way to Understand Somalia is to Read Its Literature / by Michael Barron

Somali Literature (bookshybooks.com)

Somali Folktales (Lyndale Community School)


Swahili (East Africa)

Swahili Language/Culture Acquisitions at Columbia University (Bibliography)

Swahili Books (goodreads.com)

Wikipedia Information

Swahili Literature Through the Centuries (University of Kansasa)

Swahili Literature (HathiTrust Digital Library)

Swahili Oral Traditions / by Jan Knappert

Zanzibar Tales / by George W. Bateman [1901]

Poems from Kenya: gnomic verses in Swahili / by Nassir, Ahmad


Yoruba (Nigeria, Benin, Togo)

Wikipedia Information

Myths of Ífè / by John Wyndham [1921]

Yoruba Books (goodreads.com)

Yoruba Folk Tales

The Images of Women in Yoruba Folktales / by Adeyinka Wulemat Olarinmoye

Zulu (South Africa)

Zulu Language/Culture Acquisitions at Columbia University (Bibliography)

Zulu Books (goodreads.com)

Tricksters and trickery in Zulu folktales / by Noverino Noemio Canonici

Zulu (Countries and Their Cultures)

South African Language Literatures / by Ntongela Masilela