Publications

Oed, Anja and Christine Matzke (Hg.): Life is a Thriller: Investigating African Crime Fiction. (Mainzer Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung, 30) Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.

With contributions by Matthew J. Christensen, Geoffrey V. Davis, Susanne Gehrmann, James Gibbs, Mikhail D. Gromov, Karola Hoffmann, Said Khamis, Matthias Krings, Manfred Loimeier, Christine Matzke, Katja Meintel, Anja Oed, Ranka Primorac, Uta Reuster-Jahn, Alina Rinkanya and Doris Wieser as well as interviews with Angela Makholwa, Meshack Masondo, Deon Meyer and Ben R. Mtobwa.

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Oed, Anja and Uta Reuster-Jahn (Eds.): Beyond the Language Issue: The Production, Mediation and Reception of Creative Writing in African Languages. (Mainzer Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung, 19) Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.

With contributions by Abdalla Uba Adamu, Walter Bgoya, Memory Chirere, Lutz Diegner, Ernest N. Emenyonu, Thomas Geider, Christine Glanz, Mikhail D. Gromov, Akínwùmí Ìsòlá, Dinah K. Itumeleng, Euphrase Kezilahabi, Daniel P. Kunene, Crispin Maalu-Bungi, Francis Moto, Kiba-Mwenyu, Jean Chrysostome Nkejabahizi, Anja Oed, Jeff Opland, B. Akíntúndé Oyètádé, Alena Rettová, Uta Reuster-Jahn, Alain Ricard, Alina N. Rinkanya, Farouk Topan, Maurice Vambe and Flora Veit-Wild.

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Riesz, János and Ulla Schild (Eds.): Genres autobiographiques en Afrique – Autobiographical Genres in Africa. Papers presented at the 6th International Janheinz Jahn Symposium (Mainz-Bayreuth 1992). (Mainzer Afrika-Studien, 10) Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

With contributions by Simon Amegbleame, Stephen H. Arnold, Gerhard Grohs, Amadou Koné, Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, Pius Ngandu Nkashama, Joseph Nsengimana, Cornelia Panzacchi, Arnold Rainer, Bodo Ramangason, Stefan Reichmuth, János Riesz, Ulla Schild and Flora Veit-Wild.

Schild, Ulla (Ed.): On Stage. Proceedings of the 5th International Janheinz Jahn Symposium on Theatre in Africa. (Arbeiten aus dem Mainzer Institut für Ethnologie und Afrika-Studien, 6). Göttingen: Edition Re.

With contributions by Erika Fischer-Lichte, Jean-Pierre D. Guingané, Barbara Ischinger, Werewere Liking, Jürgen Martini, Penina O. Mlama, Femi Osofisan, Alain Ricard, Sandra L. Richards, Ivo Strecker and Simon Obikpeko Umukoro.

Schild, Ulla (Ed.): Jaw-Bones and Umbilical Cords. A Selection of Papers Presented at the 3rd Janheinz Jahn-Symposium 1979 and the 4th Janheinz Jahn-Symposium 1982. (Mainzer Afrika-Studien, 6). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

With contributions by Ulli Beier, Donald Burness, Ingeborg Drewitz, Gerhard Grohs, Grant Kamenju, Camara Laye, Taban lo Liyong, Annette M’Baye d’Erneville, Dieter Riemenschneider, János Riesz, Hans-Albert Walter, Ruth Weiss and Hans Zell.

Schild, Ulla (Ed.): The East African Experience. Essays on English and Swahili Literature. 2nd Janheinz Jahn-Symposium. (Mainzer Afrika-Studien, 4) Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

With contributions by Elena Bertoncini, Ernst Dammann, Ebrahim Hussein, Euphrase Kezilahabi, Patricia Mbughuni, Rajmund Ohly, Ulla Schild, Mineke Schipper-de Leeuw, and Chris L. Wanjala.

Lindfors, Bernth and Ulla Schild (Eds.): Neo-African Literature and Culture: Essays in Memory of Janheinz Jahn. (Mainzer Afrika-Studien, 1) Wiesbaden: B. Heymann.

With contributions by Roger D. Abrahams, Sunday O. Anozie, Ulli Beier, Robert Cornevin, Bernard B. Dadié, O.R. Dathorne, Bernth Lindfors, Roger Mercier, Gerald Moore, Eberhard Müller-Bochat, Albert Gérard, Ian Wilson Harris, Dan Izebaye, G.D. Killam, Daniel P. Kunene, Gerald M. Moser, H. Munro, Emmanuel Obiechina, Richard Priebe, Alain Ricard, Anna Rutherford, Andrew Salkey, Reinhard W. Sander, Ulla Schild and Mineke Schipper-de Leeuw.