African Literature and the CIA: Networks of Authorship and Publishing

ISBN-13: 9781108725545 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 75 str.

Caroline Davis

Opis

This Element unravels the hidden networks, associations and the role of the CIA underpinning African literary publishing in the 1960s.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. African literary publishing during decolonisation; 3. Wole Soyinka, the transcription centre, and the CIA; 4. Nat Nakasa, The Classic, and the cultural Cold War; 5. 'The displaced outsider': the publishing networks of Bessie Head; 6. Conclusion.