African migration narratives : politics, race, and space
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African migration narratives : politics, race, and space
(Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora)
University of Rochester Press, 2018
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-299) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction: The migration turn in African cultural productions / Cajetan Iheka and Jack Taylor
- Harragas, global subjects, and failed deterritorializations : the tragedies of illegal Mediterranean crossings in Maghrebi cinema / Valérie K. Orlando
- Nollywood comedies and visa lotteries : welfare states, borders, and migration as random invitation / Matthew H. Brown
- Accented cinema : the context of Nollywood / Babatunde Onikoyi
- Migrations and representations : the cinema of Griot Dani Kouyaté / Daniela Ricci
- Mami Wata, migrations, and miscegenation : transculturalism in José Eduardo Agualusa, Mia Couto, and Germano Almeida / Niyi Afolabi
- Poor migrant : poverty and striving in Nadine Gordimer's July's people and The pickup / S. Shankar
- Reimaging Blackness in a hybridized and racialized space : the visual landscapes of the Peruvian district of El Carmen, Chincha / Gilbert Shang Ndi
- Reading space, subjectivity, and form in the twenty-first-century narrative of return / Madhu Krishnan
- Looking for Transwonderland : Noo Saro-Wiwa's Migration of the heart / Toni Pressley-Sanon
- The literary circulation of Teju Cole's Every day is for the thief / Connor Ryan
- Speculative migration and the project of futurity in Sylvestre Amoussou's Africa paradis / MaryEllen Higgins
- Monkeys from hell, Toubabs in Africa / Kenneth W. Harrow
- Mapping "sacred" space in Leila Aboulela's The translator and Minaret / Andrew H. Armstrong
- Waris Dirie, FGM, and the authentic voice / John C. Hawley
- Esiaba Irobi : poetry at the margins / Isidore Diala
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Examines the representations of migration in African literature, film, and other visual media, with an eye to the stylistic features of these works as well as their contributions to debates on migration
This essay collection examines the representations of migration in African literature, film, and other visual media. Inspired by the proliferation of texts focused on this theme and the ongoing migration crises, essays in the volume probe the ways in which African cultural productions shape and are shaped by the migration debates, the contributions these productions make to an understanding of globalization, and the stylistic features of the works. The texts analyzed here include important recent writings and films that have yet to receive considerable scholarly attention, by artists such as Chimamanda Adichie, Teju Cole, Leila Aboulela, Noo Saro-Wiwa, and Marzek Allouache.
Current scholarship on migration largely focuses on the journey from Third World spaces to the First World, thereby radically limiting our understanding of migratory flows. This project works against this lopsided analysis ofmigration and considers narratives of return as central to migratory flows. The book also invests in underanalyzed and underrepresented diasporas on the continent including the Lusophone and Indian diasporas. Unlike much scholarship on migration in African cultural studies, which tends to focus primarily on a genre (literature), a region, or a specific language, the current book emphasizes Africa's geographical and linguistic diversity by being attentive to Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone areas, as well as an array of texts encompassing various genres.
Table of Contents
Introduction: A Paradigm Shift: The Migration Turn in African Cultural Productions
Harragas, Global Subjects, and Failed Deterritorializations: The Tragedies of Illegal Mediterranean Crossings in Maghrebi Cinema
Nollywood Comedies and Visa Lotteries: Welfare States, Borders, and Migration as Random Invitation
Accented Cinema: Chineze Anyaene's Ije: The Journey
Migrations and Representations: The Cinema by the Griot Dani Kouyate
Mamiwata, Migrations, and Miscegenation: Transculturalism in Mia Couto, Jose Agualusa, and Germano Almeida
Poor Migrant: Poverty and Striving in Nadine Gordimer's July's People and The Pickup
(Re-)imaging Blackness : The Visual Landscapes of El Carmen, a Peruvian District
Reading Space, Subjectivity, and Form in the Twenty-First Century Narrative of Return
Looking for Transwonderland: Noo Saro-Wiwa's Migration of the Heart
The Literary Circulation of Teju Cole's Every Day Is for the Thief
Speculative Migration and the Project of Futurity in Sylvestre Amoussou's Africa Paradis
Monkeys from Hell, Toubabs in Africa
Mapping (Sacred) Space in Leila Aboulela's Fiction
Voice of the Cosmopolitan Nomad
Esiaba Irobi: Poetry at the Margins
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