African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–1797) was...

African literature is literature from Africa, either oral ("orature") or written in African and Afro-Asiatic languages. Examples of pre-colonial African...

American literature is literature written or produced in the United States and in the colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition is part...

There has been a significant body of African-American literature and oral tradition for centuries. African-American English began as early as the 17th century...

The American Renaissance period in American literature ran from about 1830 to around the Civil War. A central term in American studies, the American Renaissance...

the non-written oral traditions and folk life of the African diaspora, African-American literature broke "the mystique of connection between literary authority...

groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the US after White Americans. The term "African American" generally...

This is a timeline of African American Children's literature milestones in the United States from 1600 – present. The timeline also includes selected events...

African-American folktales are the storytelling and oral history of enslaved African Americans during the 1700s–1900s. Prevalent themes in African-American...

of America. African-American literature emerged in the 18th century, with Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved author, being the first African American to have...