"The Companion to African Literatures is a comprehensive guide to work written in English or widely available in translation from other languages." "Alphabetical format includes authors' biographical details and major publications; selected individual books; selected African languages with published literatures; wider themes: the links with literature in major African languages, Afro-American, Afro-British and Caribbean literature, religion, politics, war literature, women in literature, censorship; literary discourse, influences and movements; and special topic entries: apartheid, Maghrebi literature, Nigeria-Biafra war, publishing in sub-Sahara Africa, and writing systems."--Jacket.