Introduction: perspectives on the African novel / F. Abiola Irele
The oral-literate interface / Olakunle George
Chinua Achebe and the African novel / Dan Izevbaye
Protest and resistance / Barbara Harlow
The Afrikaans novel / Christopher Warnes
The African novel in Arabic / Shaden M. Tageldin
The francophone novel in North Africa / Bernard Aresu
The francophone novel in sub-Saharan Africa / Lydie Moudileno
The African historical novel / M. Keith Booker
Magical realism and the African novel / Ato Quayson
The African novel and the feminine condition / Nana Wilson-Tagoe
Autobiography and Bildungsroman in African literature / Apollo Amoko
The postcolonial condition / Phyllis Taoua
New voices, emerging themes / Dominic Thomas
The critical reception of the African novel / Harry Garuba.