Bibliography of Gambian Related Publications
Poetry
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Title: New Poets of West Africa
Date: 1995
Source: Malthouse Press Ltd., Lagos, Ikeja, Nigeria, linked to Africa Book Collective, Oxford, England
Author(s): edited by Tijan M. Sallah
Abstract: This covers selections of no more than five poems from the major new poets of West Africa. It is arranged by country, and has the bio-data of each poet. There is also a comprehensive introduction by the editor on the history of modern African poetry in European languages (English, French, Portuguese).
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Title: Dreams of Dusty Roads
Date: 1993
Source: Three Continents Press, Colorado, USA
Author(s): Tijan M. Sallah
Abstract: T.M. Sallah's third book of poems, rich and mature in imagery, embodying the poet's experiences in Africa/Gambia, the United States, and in dealing with the mystical. Highly praised work in reviews (see review by Prof. Tanure Ojaide in World Literature Today, A Literary Quarterly of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, Winter 1994 issue, or "Of Fame and the Writer" by David Streitfeld, Washington Post Book World, July 11, 1993).
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Title: Phyllis Wheatley: A Brief Survey of the Life and Works of a Gambian slave/poet in New England, America
Date: 1992
Source: Wasafiri, Journal of the Association for the Teaching of Carribean, African, Asian and Associated Literatures, University of Kent, Canterbury, No. 15, Spring 1992
Author(s): Tijan M. Sallah
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Title: Kora Land
Date: 1989
Source: Three Continents Press, Colorado, USA
Author(s): Tijan M. Sallah
Abstract: T.M. Sallah's second book of poems, rich in imagery and covering various facets of Gambian life: Banjul, relationship with elders, tourism, generational conflict/gaps, mourides, and the like.
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Title: Selected Poetry
Date: 1981
Source: Heinemann Educational Books, London
Author(s): Lenrie Peters
Abstract: This collection combines Lenrie Peters' two books of poetry, Katchikali (1971) and Satellites (1967)) and his new poems. The collection is rich with images, conditioned by Peters' own British education, and covers poems which cover themes of nostalgia, homecoming, and the despair with the politics of independent Africa.
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Title: When Africa Was A Young Woman
Date: 1980
Source: Writers Workshop, Calcutta, India (out of print)
Author(s): Tijan M. Sallah
Abstract: T.M. Sallah's first book of poems, and it was highly inspired by the Negritude poets of Francophone Africa, which had former poet-president Leopold Sedar Senghor as the leader. The collection covers themes of nostalgia about Gambia and Africa and experiences of an African in the US.
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Title: Katchikali
Date: 1971
Source: Heinemann, London (African writers series, 103)
Author(s): Peters, Lenrie
Abstract: 69 p.
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Title: Satellites
Date: 1967
Source: Heinemann, London, Ibadan (African writers series, 37)
Author(s): Peters, Lenrie
Abstract: 103 p.
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