African and Middle Eastern Authors

Overviews

• African Literature (Encarta)

• African Literature on the Internet

• Arabic Literature (Encarta)

• The Rise of Islam

• Muslim Culture

• The Koran

• "What is the Koran?" (article from Atlantic Monthly)

Authors

• Chinua Achebe

• Study Guide to Things Fall Apart

• Birago Diop (Senegalese literature page)

• Nadine Gordimer

• Naguib Mahfouz

• Egyptian government official tribute to Mahfouz

• Wole Soyinka