The Literary Corner: Introduction to African English Fiction/Prose with Brooks Robinson (side a) / Eldred Jones on Chinua Achebe (side b)

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A white plastic cassette tape with recordings of two episodes of the radio program The Literary Corner. The cassette has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER / Intro to African-English Prose]. The typewritten text on the other side reads [THE LITERARY CORNER /Eldred Jones on Chinua Achebe]. Side A: “Introduction to African English Fiction/Prose with Brooks Robinson” Episode 22 of the Literary Corner radio program entitled “Introduction to African English Fiction/Prose with Brooks Robinson.” The episode commences with the host, Brooks Robinson, stating that the discussion will begin with the initial African prosaic fiction writers and close with contemporary writers. Robinson then states that “The inhabitants of the African continent were some of the last to actually sit down and write literature.

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