Abrahams, Peter
About Peter Abrahams
Biography (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Biography (South African History Online)
Scott, David. “Preface.” Small Axe, vol. 22, no. 2, 2018
Dunn, Hopeton S. “In Tribute to Peter Abrahams.” Critical Arts, vol. 31, no. 1, 2017
Interviews
Dunn, Hopeton S. “An Interview with Peter Abrahams.” Critical Arts, vol. 25, no. 4, 2011
Criticism
Logan, Mawuena. “Peter Abrahams.” Critical Arts, vol. 25, no. 4, 2011
Kgomotso, Masemola. “Of Belonging and Becoming: Black Atlantic (Inter-)Cultural Memory in the Early Autobiographies of Peter Abrahams and Es’kia Mphahlele.” Current Writing, vol. 16, no. 2, 2004
Masilela, Ntongela. “Peter Abrahams in the Modern African World.” Current Writing, vol. 16, no. 2, 2004
Taylor, Dora. “Peter Abrahams.” English in Africa, vol. 29, no. 2, 2002
Green, Michael. “History, Nation, and Form in Peter Abrahams’s Wild Conquest.” Research in African Literatures, vol. 27, no. 2, 1996
Nnolim, Charles E. “The Novelist as Historian.” Approaches to the African Novel, Nnolim (ed.), 1992
Wade, Jean-Philippe. “Song of the City and Mine Boy.” Research in African Literatures, vol. 21, no. 3, 1990
Harris, Michael. “South Africa Past and Future in Peter Abrahams’ Wild Conquest.” World Literature Written in English, vol. 28, no. 1, 1988
Works
Autobiography/Life Writing
The Coyaba Chronicles: Reflections on the Black Experience in the 20th Century (2000)
Tell Freedom: Memories of Africa (1954)
Return to Goli (1953)
Novels
The View from Coyaba (1985)
This Island, Now (1966)
A Night of Their Own (1965)
A Wreath for Udomo (1956)
Wild Conquest (1951)
The Path of Thunder (1948)
Mine Boy (1946)
Song of the City (1945)
Short Story Collections
Dark Testament (1942)
Essays/Articles/Non-Fiction/Short Stories
Jamaica (1957)
Adaptations
The Path of Thunder. Adapted by Yuri Slonimsky (libretto), Qara Qarayev (music), Konstantin Sergejew (choreography), ballet based on the novel by Peter Abrahams, first performance 4 Jan. 1958, Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
Reiter der Nacht. Adapted by Ernst Hermann Meyer (composition), Günter Deicke (libretto), opera based on the novel The Path of Thunder by Peter Abrahams, first performance 17. Nov. 1973, Berlin State Opera, Berlin
Audio and Audiovisual Material