African Writers Series (as founding editor)

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literary book series paperback series

African Writers Series (as founding editor) refers to Chinua Achebe’s pioneering editorial role in the influential Heinemann paperback series that brought modern African literature to a global readership.

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African Writers Series 1
Heinemann African Writers Series 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary book series ⓘ
paperback series ⓘ
aimedAt African readership ⓘ
global readership ⓘ
associatedWith anti-colonial perspectives ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
countryOfPublisher United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
editorialContributionBy Chinua Achebe NERFINISHED ⓘ
editorialGoal to counter stereotypical images of Africa in literature ⓘ
to present authentic African voices ⓘ
editorialPolicyInfluencedBy Chinua Achebe NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstTitlesIncluded The River Between NERFINISHED ⓘ
Things Fall Apart NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weep Not, Child NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn African drama ⓘ
African fiction ⓘ
African poetry ⓘ
modern African literature ⓘ
helpedDisseminateWorksOf Chinua Achebe NERFINISHED ⓘ
helpedLaunchCareerOf Alex La Guma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ama Ata Aidoo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buchi Emecheta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o NERFINISHED ⓘ
T.M. Aluko NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wole Soyinka NERFINISHED ⓘ
helpedPopularize African literature in English ⓘ
impactOn formation of African literary studies as an academic field ⓘ
global recognition of African writers ⓘ
languageOfPublication English ⓘ
medium paperback books ⓘ
notableFor affordable editions for students ⓘ
consistent African-authored introductions to African life and culture ⓘ
notableFoundingEditor Chinua Achebe NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMarket general readers interested in Africa ⓘ
schools ⓘ
universities ⓘ
publisher Heinemann Educational Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionCovered East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleOfChinuaAchebe founding editor ⓘ
significance created a canon of modern African writing ⓘ
introduced African authors to international academic curricula ⓘ
typicalGenre novels ⓘ
plays ⓘ
poetry collections ⓘ
short story collections ⓘ

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Chinua Achebe → hasPart → African Writers Series (as founding editor) ⓘ
Heinemann publishing group → hasImprint → African Writers Series (as founding editor) ⓘ
subject surface form: Heinemann
this entity surface form: Heinemann African Writers Series
Things Fall Apart → series → African Writers Series (as founding editor) ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Writers Series