"Literatures of the African Diaspora" Is Released

"Literatures of the African Diaspora" by Yemi D. Ogunyemi is an important book as its premise is that all literatures can trace their root back in some form to African literatures.

Arlington, VA (PRWEB) March 11, 2004 -- Sometimes an editor just knows when he comes across a book that needs to be published" were the words that publisher Robert L. Giron said recently when asked about the new release entitled Literatures of the African Diaspora by Yemi D. Ogunyemi.

What makes Literatures of the African Diaspora special is Dr. Ogunyemis premise for the book and the manner in which he presents his case that all literatures of the world can find their root in the literatures of Africa in some form or another. In a very tightly written book, Dr. Ogunyemi crosses the globe and finds threads of the African Diaspora across the continents and in world literatures such that one will never think about the concept of a national literature in the same light.

As Dr. Joshua 'Kunle Awosan of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth states Dr. Yemi Ogunyemis Literatures of the Diaspora is as much rich in its diasporic coverage as it is in its periodized, contextual focus, fascinatingly mirroring a wide variety of literatures across the Atlantic. It, indeed, proves that African literatures are, without mincing words, a fountainhead of literary divergence."

Literatures of the African Diaspora is now available.

Libraries and/or departments can order books from Ingram Book Company at 800.937.8000 or from the Gival Press fulfillment center at 800.247.6553.

Individual copies can be ordered from Gival Press at 877.727.5764 or via the Internet at Booksurge.com; Amazon.com; and BN.com.

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