African Authors: A Companion to Black African Writing
- ISBN-10
- 0879530081
- ISBN-13
- 9780879530082
- Pages
- 632
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1973
- Publisher
- Black Orpheus Press
- Author
- Donald E. Herdeck
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