The Green Leaves | Compare and Contrast
1960s: Kenyan writer Ogot and Nigerian writer Flora Nwapa are the first African women writers to have their works published by major publishing companies such as East African Publishing House and Heinemann African Writers Series.
Today: Dozens of women writers in Africa publish in their own countries as well as abroad and have received critical attention commensurate with male African writers such as Chinua Achebe and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o.
1960s: African writers Achebe, Ogot, and Ngugi write books aimed to create a politicized literature based on the...
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