 Title page for Ethiopia Unbound: Studies in Race Emancipation (1911) | |
| Author | J. E. Casely Hayford |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | London |
| Publisher | C. M. Philips |
Publication date | 1911 |
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Ethiopia Unbound: Studies in Race Emancipation is a 1911 book by J. E. Casely Hayford that is one of the first novels in English by an African writer and has been cited as the earliest pan-African fiction.[1][2] It was first published by C. M. Philips in London.[3] It has been described as "one of the most important contributions to the literature on African nationalism", which made a plea for a unified African nation.[4]
- ^ Osei-Nyame, Kwadwo, "Pan-Africanist Ideology and the African Historical Novel of Self-Discovery: The Examples of Kobina Sekyi and J. E. Casely Hayford", Journal of African Cultural Studies, Vol. 12, No. 2 (1999; pp. 137–153), p. 139 n1.
- ^ Stephanie Newell, Literary Culture in Colonial Ghana: "How to Play the Game of Life", Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2002, p. 135, ch. 7, "Ethical Fiction: J.E. Casely Hayford's Ethiopia Unbound".
- ^ Ethiopia unbound : studies in race emancipation. WorldCat. OCLC 231587981.
- ^ Taylor, Mildred Europa (3 December 2018). "The first African novel written in English was authored by this prolific Ghanaian writer in 1911". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 29 October 2020.