Africana Collection of Donald Burness, c. 1970-2004.

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Africana Collection of Donald Burness, c. 1970-2004.

The collection contains Burness' correspondence with African and Caribbean authors among them Chinua Achebe, Manuel Dos Santos Lopes, Oscar Bento Ribas, and Andrew Salkey.

0.2 linear feet (1/2 archival box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7236902

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Salkey, Andrew

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Achebe, Chinua

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Chinua Achebe (1930- ) is a Nigerian writer and scholar. From the description of Chinua Achebe papers, ca. 1963-1993. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612699273 Chinua Achebe (1930- ) is a Nigerian writer and scholar. He became well known after his first novel Things fall apart (1958), which depicted the encounter of the Igbo people of Nigeria with the British colonial power. His subsequent novels and short stories are likewise set in West Africa. Achebe's poetry wa...

Ribas, Oscar

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Lopes, Manuel Pedro, 1852-1919

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Burness, Donald

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Donald Burness, a founding member of the African Literature Association, is the author of several books on Lusophone African literatures and the editor of several poetry anthologies that focus on the works of writers from Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and other African nations. From the description of Africana Collection of Donald Burness, c. 1970-2004. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 271188574 ...

African literature association

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