Product Description: The first real reviewing of African-American literature in France began in 1844, when audiences welcomed the romantic dramas of Victor Sejour. With the passing of time, African-American works have become increasingly known in France, where they are now translated almost as soon as they come out in the United States...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A bibliography of writing by and about African-American women lists writing by African-American women whose earliest publication appeared before 1910, and includes a supplemental bibliography listing writings published 1911 to the present day.