Article: Alain Ricard, The Languages and Literatures of Africa: the sands of Babel.(Book review)

ALAIN RICARD, The Languages and Literatures of Africa: the sands of Babel (translated by Naomi Morgan). Oxford: James Currey, Trenton NJ: Africa World Press and Cape Town: David Philip (pb 15.95-[pounds sterling] 0 85255 581 4). 2004, 230 pp.

The present book is the updated and expanded version of an earlier publication in French by Ricard, Litteratures d'Afrique noire: des langues aux livres (CNRS/Karthala, 1995). The new subtitle, 'the sands of Babel', borrowed from Chapter 9 and echoed in the book's closing remarks, aptly points to the multilingualism that characterizes the continent and has an impact on its literatures. The book's cover image is a photo of ...

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