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Chronology of Novels and Novellas by Liberian Writers. C. William Allen 35 th Liberian Studies Association Conference. *Definition of terms.
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Chronology of Novels and Novellas by Liberian Writers C. William Allen 35th Liberian Studies Association Conference
*Definition of terms • A novel is “an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events.” • A novella is “a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel.”
According to Robert H. Brown, Ph.D., University of Essex, U.K. • 1891– Guanya Pau: Story of an AfricanPrincess. By Joseph J. Walters. Lauer and Mattil. Republished in 1994 by University of Nebraska Press • 1932– Love in Ebony. By Charles Cooper who used the non de plume Varfelli Karlee. London: John Murray
Novels and Novellas Continued • 1967– Murder in the Cassava Patch. By Bai T. Moore. Monrovia: Ducor Publishing House. • 1976– The Money Doubler. By Bai T. Moore. Nigeria: Vantage Press, Inc. • 1977– Monkey Storm. By E. Toimu Reeves. New York: Vantage Press, Inc
Novels and Novellas Continued • 1979– The Rain and the Night. By Wilton Sankawolo. London: Macmillan. • 1983– An Obituary for Hawa Barchue. By. C. William Allen. Monrovia: Central Printing, Inc. • 1992– The African Interior Mission. By C. William Allen. Stone Mountain, Georgia: Struggler’s Community Press.
Novels and Novellas by Liberian Writers Continued • 1993– Africa and Children. By J. Ninsel Warner. New York: Carlton Press, Inc. • 2000– Baa Salaka. By Dunstan Macauley. USA: Xlibris Corporation • 2001– The Black Mayflower By Prince Massala Reffell. New York: Vantage Press, Inc., 2001. ISBN 0-533-13260-0 • 2002– The Village Boy. By Sakui Malakpa. Northridge, CA: New World African Press.