Table of Contents

II. Language and Script in Black Africa (Petr Zima).- 0. Introduction.- 1. Inventory.- 2. Design and Origin of Scripts Used for the Languages of Black Africa.- 3. Typology of Scripts.- 4. Zones of Influence of Different Scripts.- 5. The Process of Language-Script Adaptation.- 6. Function.- III. Language and Literature in Black Africa (Petr Zima).- 0. Introduction.- 1. Language Choice.- 2. Language Development.- 3. Language Interference.- IV. The Ideology of the Black African Literary Movement (Vladimír Klíma).- V. The French-written Literature of West Africa (Vladimír Klíma).- 0. Introduction.- 1. Senegal.- 2. Cameroon.- 3. The French-written Literature of Other West African Countries.- VI. West African Literature in Standard English (Vladimír Klíma, Petr Zima).- 1. Nigerian English-written Literature (Vladimír Klíma, Petr Zima).- 2. Ghana (Vladimír Klíma).- 3. Sierra Leone (Vladimír Klíma).- 4. Gambia (Vladimír Klíma).- 5. Liberia (Vladimír Klíma).- VII. Literatures in West African Languages (Petr Zima).- 1. Roots nad Origins of Literacy and Literature in West African Languages.- 2. The West African Coastal Area.- 3. The Islamic Area.- VIII. Old Bantu Literature (Karel František Růžička).- 0. Introduction.- 1. Rwanda.- 2. South Africa.- 3. East Africa.- IX. Bantu Tales, Fables and Short Stories (Karel František Růžička).- X. Literature of the Congo Area and Rwanda (Vladimír Klíma).- 1. Literature of the Congo and Zaire.- 2. Writing in Rwanda.- XI. Other Literatures of Central and East Africa (Vladimír Klíma, Karel František Růžička).- 1. Tanzania and Uganda (Vladimír Klíma).- 2. The Literature of Kenya (Vladimír Klíma, Karel František Růžička).- 3. The Literature of Malawi (Vladimír Klíma).- 4. The Literature of Rhodesia(Vladimír Klíma).- XII. Black Literature of the Portuguese Territories in Africa (Karel František Růžička).- 0. Introduction.- 1. The Cabo Verde Islands.- 2. Guinea-Bissau.- 3. São-Tomé.- 4. Angola.- 5. Mozambique.- XIII. The Literature of Madagascar (Karel František Růžička).- 0. Introduction.- 1. Ancient Literature.- 2. Modern Literature.- 3. Other Genres.- XIV. The Literature of South Africa (Vladimír Klíma, Karel František Růžička).- 1. Introduction (Vladimír Klíma).- 2. South African Writing in the Vernacular Languages (Karel František Růžička).- 3. South African Writing in English (Vladimír Klíma).- XV. The Role of Literary Criticism (Vladimír Klíma).- XVI. Contemporary Approaches to African Writing (Vladimír Klíma).- Bibliography (compiled by Vladimír Klíma and Petr Zima).- Index of Persons (compiled by Vladimír Klíma).- Index of African Languages and Dialects (compiled by Petr Zima).- 1. Remarks on African Language Systems and Their Classification.- 2. Index.