ALT 33 Children’s Literature & Story-telling (Web PDF) von Ernest N. Emenyonu

Contributors analyse the theories behind children's literature, its functions and cultural significance, and suggest the new directions this literature is taking in terms of its craft, themes and intentions.

Editorial article [Ernest N. Emenyonu]
Culture & Aesthetics in Selected Children's Literature by Akachi Ezeigbo [Rose Sackeyfio]
Contemporary Nigerian Children's Literature: A Study of Ifeoma Onyefulu [Iniobong I. Uko]
Search for Identity: The Journey Quest in West African Folktales [Yvonne E. McIntosh]
Trends in Ghanaian Children's Literature [Faith Ben-Daniels]
Folktales as African Children's Literature: A Study of Archetypal Symbols in Selected Igbo Folktales [Blessing Diala-Ogamba]
Whose Literature? Children in Armed Conflict & Modern African Fiction [Julia Udofia]
The Expatriated African Folktale: Exploring Adaptation in Juliana Makuchi'sThe Sacred Door & Other Stories [Eve Eisenberg]
The Pedagogy of Urban Children's Game Songs [Kelvin Ngong Toh]
The Trickster Tale in Botswana: Does Gender Determine Levels of Violence? [Wazha Lopang]
Ifeoma Onyefulu: Author & Photographer of Children's Books [Patricia T. Emenyonu]
Re-Presenting Africa in Young Adult Speculative Fiction: The Ekpe Institution in Nnedi Okorafor'sAkata Witch [Louisa Uchum Egbunike]
Tomorrow's Kings & Queens: Gender Representation in Ghanaian Children's Literature [Juliana Daniels]
Sindiwe Magona, Veteran Author of Children's Books: An interview for ALT [Ernest N. Emenyonu & Patricia T. Emenyonu ]
Nadine Gordimer: A Tribute to Grace [Ikeogu Oke]
Reviews [Edited by Obi Nwakanma]