al_zorra (
al_zorra
) wrote
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2009-06-03 01:09 am (UTC)
Re: Colonial-era Africa
I see what you mean about
Just So Stories
.
What about Maryse Condé's
Segu</> and
Children of Segu
? (Mali and other parts of West Africa.
The Healers
- AyiKwei Armah (Ghana and the Asant Empire mid 1800's)
The African
- Harold Courlander (the novel Alex Haley plagerized for parts of
Roots
The Dahomeyan
- Frank Yerby (who also plagerized for this novel parts of Courlander's
African
.
Whitethorn
- Bryce Courtenay (Boer War)
There are so many set in Southern Africa in particular; for instance
Zulu Dawn
and
Zulu
- Cy Endfield, the first is both a novel and a movie.
Love, C.
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Re: Colonial-era Africa
What about Maryse Condé's Segu</> and Children of Segu? (Mali and other parts of West Africa.
The Healers - AyiKwei Armah (Ghana and the Asant Empire mid 1800's)
The African - Harold Courlander (the novel Alex Haley plagerized for parts of Roots
The Dahomeyan - Frank Yerby (who also plagerized for this novel parts of Courlander's African.
Whitethorn - Bryce Courtenay (Boer War)
There are so many set in Southern Africa in particular; for instance Zulu Dawn and Zulu - Cy Endfield, the first is both a novel and a movie.
Love, C.