African Writing Through Time: Oral Epics, Manuscripts and the Novel
African writing in order of time: the griots’ epics, the Timbuktu and Ge’ez manuscripts, the first printed books, and the writers publishing now.
Historical Traditions
Oral epics, praise poetry, manuscript traditions, and the literary forms that carried African storytelling through the centuries.
Contemporary African Writing
Contemporary African writing — the novelists, poets and story writers publishing across the continent now.