Langston Hughes and the South African Drum Generation - by S Graham & J Walters (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This collection combines previously unpublished letters between African-American poet Langston Hughes and South-African writers of the 1950s and 1960s with scholarly commentary and criticism. The letters tell a fascinating story of the civil rights movement and apartheid and the struggle to overthrow it.

Review Quotes

"This is an intriguing and invaluable book. Graham and Walters have unearthed a trove of correspondence which, for many years to come, will be a touchstone for scholars of African-American and African literatures and cultures. The book offers a moving account of the emergence of a transnational dynamic of encouragement and practical support among African diasporic writers." - Rob Nixon, Rachel Carson Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison

About the Author

SHANE GRAHAM is Associate Professor of English at Utah State University, USA.

JOHN WATERS is Associate Instructor in the English Department at Indiana University, USA.