Oyekan Owomoyela (1938-2007) was Ryan Professor of African Literature and coordinator of African American and African Studies at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. A leading collector and scholar of the proverbs of the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, Owomoyela was the author of Yoruba Proverbs and Yoruba Trickster Tales, as well as the acclaimed A History of Twentieth-Century African Literatures.

Should be included in the reference collection of all institutes of higher education... A must for serious researchers. -- Valentine K. Muyumba American Reference Books Annual Highly recommended. Choice

• Part 1. The Literary and Cultural Content of West African Literature in English Part 2. West African Literature A-Z Part 3. Writers and Selected Works Index

Oyekan Owomoyela (1938-2007) was Ryan Professor of African Literature and coordinator of African American and African Studies at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. A leading collector and scholar of the proverbs of the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, Owomoyela was the author of Yoruba Proverbs and Yoruba Trickster Tales, as well as the acclaimed A History of Twentieth-Century African Literatures.

Should be included in the reference collection of all institutes of higher education... A must for serious researchers. -- Valentine K. Muyumba American Reference Books Annual Highly recommended. Choice

• Part 1. The Literary and Cultural Content of West African Literature in English Part 2. West African Literature A-Z Part 3. Writers and Selected Works Index

Oyekan Owomoyela (1938-2007) was Ryan Professor of African Literature and coordinator of African American and African Studies at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. A leading collector and scholar of the proverbs of the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, Owomoyela was the author of Yoruba Proverbs and Yoruba Trickster Tales, as well as the acclaimed A History of Twentieth-Century African Literatures.

Should be included in the reference collection of all institutes of higher education... A must for serious researchers. -- Valentine K. Muyumba American Reference Books Annual Highly recommended. Choice

• Part 1. The Literary and Cultural Content of West African Literature in English Part 2. West African Literature A-Z Part 3. Writers and Selected Works Index