African literature
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african-literature-166-13596185
title:
African literature
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African literature is literature from Africa, either oral ("orature") or written in African and Afro-Asiatic languages. Examples of pre-colonial African literature can be traced back to at least the fourth century AD. The best-known is the Kebra Negast, or "Book of Kings" from the 14th century AD. Another well-known book is the Garima Gospels, one of the oldest known surviving bibles in the world, written in Ge'ez around 500 AD. A common theme during the colonial period is the slave narrative, o
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Literature originating from Africa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_literature
date created:
2005-11-11T12:10:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T11:56:36Z
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