Margaret Laurence's Library Pertaining to Africa 2. Achebe (Chinua). Arrow of God. London: Heinemann, (1964). Blue boards.
Ink inscription of former owner. Ink scoring of Laurence. PR 9387.9 .A3A8
cop.3. 7. (Achebe). Okike: An African Journal of New Writing. Edited by Chinua Achebe. No.4, December 1973. Published Amherst, Mass. Card covers. Serial. 8. Achebe. Girls at War and Other Stories. Heinemann (1972). (no hardcover this edition) AWS #100. PR 9387.9 .A3G5 1972. 9. (Achebe). Killam, (G.D.). The Novels of Chinua Achebe. Heinemann, (1969). Wrappers issue. Inscribed "To Margaret with best regards, Doug". Author was Professor of English at York University, Toronto. Ink scoring of Laurence. PR 9387.9 .A3Z74 1969 c.3. 10. Achebe. Morning Yet on Creation Day. Essays. Heinemann, (1975).
Wrappers issue. PR 9340.5 .A3 19756 c.2 12. Aidoo, (Christina Arna Ata). The Dilemma of a Ghost. Accra, Ghana: Longmans, Green, (1966). 2nd printing (lst 1965). Card covers. First play, Ghana author. PR 9379.9 .A35D5 c.2. 13. Aluko, (T.M.) Kinsman & Foreman. Heinemann, (1966). Boards. 3rd novel of this Nigerian author. Ink scoring of Laurence. PR 9387.9 .A4K5 1966 c.3. 14. Aluko. One Man, One Wife. Heinemann, (1967). AWS #30, 1st printing thus (lst edition 1959). First novel. PR 9387.9 .A4O53 1967 c.2. 15. Aluko. One Man, One Matchet. Heinemann, (1964). AWS #11, first thus. 2nd novel. Ink scoring of Laurence. PR 9387.9 .A405 1964 c.3. 16. Amadi, (Elechi). The Concubine. Heinemann, (1966). Boards. First book of this Nigerian writer, a novel of Eastern Nigeria. Ink scoring of Laurence. PR 9387.9 .A48C6 c.4. 17. Amadi. The Great Ponds. Heinemann, (1970). AWS #44, 1st thus (lst edition 1969). 2nd novel. PR 9387.9 .A48 c6 c.4. 18. Amamoo, (J.G.) The New Ghana. The Birth of a Nation. London: Pan, (1958). 2nd printing (lst also 1958). 16 mo. Card covers. A Pan paperback original. DT 510 .A75 c.2. 19. Andrzejewski (B.W. & I.M. Lewis). Somali Poetry. An Introduction. Oxford University Press,1964. Cloth. Inscribed "To Margaret as a token of friendship, from Bogumil W. Andrejewski". Ink scoring & notes of Laurence. On p. 146 -"p. 31 A Tree for Poverty". That book - the first written record of Somali folk poetry - is cited on p. 60 of the bibliography, with an ink tick in the margin. A very important association item. Andrzejewski was very much involved in her 1st book. PJ 2533.5 .S66 1964 c.2. 20. Baadiye Iyo Beledition. The Interior and the City in Somalia (cover title). Printed Nairobi, Kenya: The English Press, copyright 1969, American Peace Corps, Somalia. Oblong 16mo, card covers. With laid in complimentary slip from the Peace Corps, Somalia. Photos and poetry in Somali with English translations, some of the translations by Laurence (presumably reprinted from A Tree for Poverty). One photo has the caption "On the plain of Ban-Awl, there is a tree for poverty to shelter under". DT 401.7 .B26 1969. 21. Beier, (Ulli editor). Political Spider. An Anthology of Stories from Black Orpheus Heinemann, (1969). AWS #58, lst edition (no hardcover). Review copy with dated slip laid in. Fine copy of this selection from an important African literary magazine. PR 1307 .B4 c.2. 22. Black Orpheus. A Journal of African and Afro-American Literature. No. 10. 196-? (the magazine was published 1963 - 66). Published Ibadan, Nigeria. 4to. Card covers. 2 pp of notes of Laurence laid in. 23. Black Orpheus no. 12. 24. Caute, (David). Fanon. (London): Fontana/Collinst (1970). 2nd printing. 16 mo. Card covers. Paperback original on Frantz Fanon. GN 320 .C37 1970b c.8. 25. Danquah, (J.B.). The Akan Doctrine of God. A Fragment of Gold Coast Ethics and Religion. London: Lutterworth, (1944). Cloth. With extensive Laurence pencil notes at rear. BL 2470 .G6D3 c.2. 26. Clark, (J.P.) Ozidi. A Play. London: Oxford, 1966. Card covers. Nigerian. PR 6053 .L308 c.2. 27. Clark. Three Plays. Oxford, 1964. Card covers. Ink scoring of Laurence.
PR 9387.9 .C55A19 1964 c.3. 39. Ekwensi. Burning Grass. Heinemann, (1964). Card covers. AWS 2, 5th printing thus (lst was 1962). Ink scribble and one page with ink scoring of Laurence. PR 9387.9 .E327B8 1962. 40. English, (M.C.). An Outline of Nigerian History. (Ikeja, Nigeria): Longmans, (1964). Card covers. 4th printing (1st was 1959, 3rd printing of 1961 had corrections). Designed as a school book. DT 515.57 .E5 1959. 41. Fanon, (Frantz ). Black Skin, White Masks. Translated by Charles Lam Markmann. Paladin, (1970). Card covers. 1st on this edition (lst UK 1968). GN 645 .F313 1970. 42. Farah, (Nuruddin). From a Crooked Rib. Heinemann, (1970). Card covers. AWS #80.F. Somali novel. Farah is the 1st Somali novelist in English, a relative of Musa Galael who gave Laurence translations for A Tree for Poverty. PR 9396.9 .F3F7 1970 cop.2. 43. Flecker, (James Elroy). Hassan. (Harmondsworth): Penguin, (1948).
16mo, card covers. lst Penguin edition (lst UK 1922). With typed poem
of Flecker, from "The Gates of Damascus -The South Gate" stapled to rear
cover (filed separately in archives). UK poet. The typed Flecker poem
at rear is the source of the title The Prophet's Camel Bell. PR 6011 .L4H3
1948. 46. Gold Coast Nutrition And Cookery. Compiled with the Co-operation
of the Gold Coast Medical and Education Departments. Edinburgh: Thomas
Nelson, for the Gold Coast Government, ( 1956). 2nd printing ( 1st 1953).
Boards. With ink & pencil notes at rear of Laurence. Signed by Laurence,
Tema, 1956, and also signed "Mrs. Margaret Laurence" with her Vancouver
address (W. 21st Ave.). TX 360 .G4G6 1953. 48. Huddleston, (Trevor). Naught For Your Comfort. Collins/Fontana,
(1957). 2nd of this edition (lst was 1956). 16mo. Card covers. Fontana
paper back 171R. Signed twice. VG. Scoring pp. 185-86. DT 1757 .H83 1957.
51. Itayemi, (Phebean & P. Gurrey). Folk Tales And Fables. Penguin,
(1953). 16mo. Wrappers. Paperback original. West African folk tales. Signed
by Laurence Accra, 1954. GR 350 .F65 1953. 53. Jones, (Eldred). Othello's Countrymen: The African in English Renaissance Drama. Oxford, for Fourah Bay College, the University College of Sierra Leone, 1965. Cloth. PR 658 .A4J76 c.2. 54. Kariuki, (Josiah Mwangi). ‘Mau Mau' Detainee. The Account by a Kenya African of his Experiences in Detention Camps 1953 - 60. (Harmondsworth): Penguin, (1964). 16 mo. Wraps. 1st Penguin edition (lst edition 1963). DT 433.576 .K37A3 1964. 55. (Kidder, Margaret P.). Musa. The Story of a Little Black Boy. By
Mamgu. Toronto: Author, 1982. Square 8 vo. (16) pp, stapled, in card covers.
PS 8571 .I37M8 1982. 57. Kirk, (J.W.C.). A Grammar of the Somali Language. With Examples
in Prose and Verse and an Account of the Yibir and Midgan Dialects. Cambridge
University Press, 1905. Cloth. PJ 2532 .K56 1905. 59. Kirk-Greene, (A.H.M. and Caroline Sassoon). The Cattle People of Nigeria. Oxford University Press, 1968. 3rd printing (1st 1959). Card covers, 32 pp. People of the World Series. "Inscribed for Margaret Laurence from Tony and Helen Kirk-Greene". GN 653 .K56 1959. 60. Knappert, (Jan). Myths & Legends of the Swahili. Heinemann, 1970. Card covers. AWS #75. GR 360 .S8M95 c.2. 61. Konadu, (Asare). A Woman in Her Prime. Heinemann, 1967. Card covers. AWS #40. 1st edition thus (hardcover 1st was also Heinemann, 1967). Fiction, Ghana author. PR 9379.9 .K6W6 1967b. 62. Lacouture, (Simonne). Egypt. Translated by Veronica Hull and Phul Abelman. Vista Books, 1963. 1st publication. Paris, Editions du Seuil. Card covers. Ink note of Laurence. May have been a background book for her articles on Egypt which were commissioned for Holiday magazine, 2 of which are in Heart of a Stranger. DT 46 .L313 1965. 63. Ladipo, (Duro). Three Yoruba Plays. Oba Koso. Oba Moro. Oba Waja.
English Adaptations by Ulli Beier. Ibadan: Mbari Publications, (1964).
Card covers. Ink notes & extensive scoring of Laurence. PL 8824 .L3A23
1964 c.2. 67. Liyong, (Taban lo). Eating Chiefs. Lwo Culture from Lolwe to Malkal. Selected, interpreted & Transmuted by... Heinemann, (1970). Card covers. AWS #74. Ugandan author. The 1st African to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree from the famous Writers Workshop of the University of Iowa. PR 9402.9 .L5E3 c.2. 68. Liyong. Fixions & Other Stories. Heinemann, (1969). Card covers. AWS #69. Review copy with dated slip laid in. PR 9402.9 .L5F5 c.2. 69. Liyong. Frantz Fanon's Uneven Ribs: with Poems More and More. Heinemann, (1971). AWS #90. Card covers. PR 9402.9 .L5F7 c.2. 70. Maddy, (Pat Madu). Obasai and Other Plays. Heinemann, (1971). Card covers. AWS 89. Sierra Leone author. PR 9393.9 .M3O2 1971 c.2. 71. Mair, (Lucy). Primitive Government. Penguin, (1967). 3rd printing of this revised edition. (1st edition 1962 - Penguin. 1st revised edition 1964). 16 mo. Card covers. Pelican Original paperback. A542. DT 365 .M25 c.2. 72. Mphahlele, (Ezekial). The African Image. Faber, (1964). 2nd printing (lst 1962). Cloth. Social & literary criticism by this South African. PL 8010 .M7 1962 c.2. 73. Munonye, (John). Obi. Heinemann, (1969). Card covers. AWS 45. Fiction. Nigerian. Review slip laid in. PR 9387.9 .M83O5 c.2. 74. Meyerowitz, (Eva L.R.). The Sacred State of the Akan. Faber, (1951).
Cloth. 222 pp + numerous photos. Ink date & smear verso of title. Signed
Accra, 1954. Ink & pencil notes & scoring by Laurence. GN 655 .G45M47
1951. 76. Ngugi, (James). A Grain of Wheat. Heinemann, (1968). AWS 36. Card covers. 1st of this edition (lst edition 1967, Heinemann). Kenyan novel. PR 6064 .G8G7 c.2. 77. Ngugi. The River Between. Heinemann, (1965). Boards. Ink notes of Laurence. PR 9381.9 .N45R5 c.2. 78. Ngugi. Weep Not, Child. Heinemann, (1964). Card covers. AWS 7. Ink
notes of Laurence. First novel, not issued in hardcover. PR 9381.9 .N45W4
c.2. 79. Nkel1a, (J.H.). Funeral Dirges of the Akan People. Achimota, 1955.
Cloth covered card covers. Signed Terna, 1956. Ink notes & scoring of
Laurence. PL 8751.7 .N4 1955. 82. Nwapa, (Flora). Efuru. Heinernann, (1965). Boards. First novel, Nigerian author. Scoring. PR 9387.9 .N925E3 1966b. 83. Nzekwu, (Onuora). Blade Among the Boys. (Hutchinson, 1964). 16 mo.
Card covers. Arrow paperback 738. (Hardcover Hutchinson, 1962). Ink note
of Laurence. 2nd novel, of this Nigerian author. Scoring p. 61. PR 9387.9
.N98B56 1964 c.2. 85. Okigbo, (Christopher). Heavensgate. Ibadan, 1962. (40) pp, sewn,
in card covers. Ink note of Laurence. Poetry. First book. Scoring pp.
8, 35. Author killed in Nigerian Civil War. PR 9387.9 .O378H4 1962 c.2. 87. Ousmane, (Sembene). God's Bits of Wood. Translated by Francis Pine. Heinemann, (1970). Card covers. AWS 63. 1st of this edition (lst edition France, 1960. US edition 1962). Senegal. Novel. PQ 3989 .O8B613 1970 c.2. 88. Owen, (Robert & Terence Blunsum). United Arab Republic: Egypt. The
Country and Its People. Queen Anne Press, (1966). Boards. Ink notes &
scoring by Laurence. May have been used for Egypt articles. DT 107.83
.O9 1966. 90. Oyono. The Old Man and the Medal. Translated from the French by John Reedition Heinemann, (1969). Card covers. AWS 39, 1st thus (lst publication France, 1956. 1st UK 1967). PQ 3989 .O 9V5413 1969 c.1. 91. Another copy, 1970 2nd AWS printing. PQ 3989 .O9V5413 1969 c.2. 92. Palangyo, (Peter K.). Dying in the Sun. Heinemann, (1969). Card covers. AWS 53. (lst edition was 1968). First novel, the first by a Tanzanian in the AWS series. Review copy. PR 9399.9 .P34D9 1969 c.2. 93. Paton, (Alan). Cry, The Beloved Country. Penguin, (1958). 1st Penguin
edition (Cape edition 1944). Card covers. Penguin paperback 1274. PR 9369.3
.P37C7 1958. 94. Parker, (Barrett & Ahmad Javid). A Collection of Afghan Legends. Kabul: Afghan Book, 1970. Card covers. GR 295 .A3C64 1970. 95. Peters, (Jonathan A.). A Dance of Masks. Senghor, Achebe, Soyinka. Washington, DC: Three Continents Press, (1978). Card covers (also a hardcover issue). A study of these three African writers by this Sierra Leone author who studied at the University of Alberta. Scoring p. xi. PQ 3989 .S47Z85 1978 c.2. 96. Rattray, (R.S.). Religion & Art in Ashanti. Oxford University Press
and Kumasi: Basel Mission Book Depot, (1954). 2nd printing, omitting the
colour illustration contained in the 1927 1st printing (the plates for
the illustration were destroyed in WWII bombing). Cloth. xviii, (416)
pp. Photos. Folding map of the Gold Coast laid in at rear. Signed Tema,
1956. Occasional ink scoring of Laurence. GN 473 .R23 c.2. 98. Transition, no.40, vol. 8 (iii), Dec. 1971. Published Accra, Ghana. 4to. Wrappers. General interest magazine, including an interview with V.S. Naipaul and an address by Idi Amin. 99. Tutuola, (Amos). Feather Woman of the Jungle. London: Faber, (1962). Cloth. One of Africa's best-known writers. Nigerian novel. PR 9387.9 .T8F43 c.2. 100. Tutuola. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Faber, (1964). Card covers,
1st Faber paper edition (lst edition Faber, 1954). Ink scoring of Laurence.
PR 9387.9 .T8M9 1954. 105. Elliot, ( Geraldine). The Singing Chameleon. A book of African stories based on local custom, proverbs folklore. Longrnans, (1962). 2nd printing (1st 1957). Boards. GR 350 .E427 1957. 106. Ijimere, (Obotunde). The Imprisonment of Obatala and Other Plays. Heinemann, (1966). AWS 18. Card covers (no hardcover). Nigerian. PL 8824 .I4A23 c.2. 107. Moore, (Gerald). Seven African Writers. Oxford, 1962. Card covers. Scoring & notes of Laurence, especially in Tutuola section (one of the subjects of Long Drums And Cannons). PR 9340 .M65 c.3. 108. Okara, (Gabriel). The Voice. Deutsch, (1964). Boards. Nigerian novel. PR 9387.9 .O375V6 c.2. 109. Rutherford, (Peggy, ed.). Darkness and Light. An Anthology of African
Writing. Johannesburg: Drum Publications and London: Faith Press, (1963).
2nd printing (lst 1958). Card covers. PN 6014 .R79 1958. 111. Serumaga, (Robert). Return to the Shadows. Heinemann, (1969). Boards. Review slip laid in. Ugandan, 1st novel. PR 6069 .E65R4 c.3. 112. Soyinka, (Wole). Death and the King's Horseman. Eyre Methuen, (1975). Card covers (wrappers issue). A play important Nigerian author. PR 9387.9 .S6D4 c.2. 113. Soyinka. Five Plays. Oxford, 1964. Cloth. Extensive scoring of
Laurence (she may have used this for Long Drums and Cannons). PR 9387.9
.S6F5 c.2. 117. Soyinka. The Road. Oxford, (1965). Card covers. Extensive scoring
& notes of Laurence. PR 9387.9 .S6R6 c.3.
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