A companion to African literatures

Author(s)

• George, Olakunle

Bibliographic Information

A companion to African literatures

edited by Olakunle George

（Blackwell companions to literature and culture, 102）

Wiley Blackwell, 2021

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Rediscover the diversity of modern African literatures with this authoritative resource edited by a leader in the field How have African literatures unfolded in their rich diversity in our modern era of decolonization, nationalisms, and extensive transnational movement of peoples? How have African writers engaged urgent questions regarding race, nation, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality? And how do African literary genres interrelate with traditional oral forms or audio-visual and digital media? A Companion to African Literatures addresses these issues and many more. Consisting of essays by distinguished scholars and emerging leaders in the field, this book offers rigorous, deeply engaging discussions of African literatures on the continent and in diaspora. It covers the four main geographical regions (East and Central Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa), presenting ample material to learn from and think with. A Companion To African Literatures is divided into five parts. The first four cover different regions of the continent, while the fifth part considers conceptual issues and newer directions of inquiry. Chapters focus on literatures in European languages officially used in Africa -- English, French, and Portuguese -- as well as homegrown African languages: Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Swahili, and Yoruba. With its lineup of lucid and authoritative analyses, readers will find in A Companion to African Literatures a distinctive, rewarding academic resource. Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students in literary studies programs with an African focus, A Companion to African Literatures will also earn a place in the libraries of teachers, researchers, and professors who wish to strengthen their background in the study of African literatures.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors ix Preface xv Part I East and Central Africa 1 1 East and Central Africa: An Introduction 3 Grace A. Musila 2 Rereading East African Literature Through a Human Rights Lens: The Example of Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Weep Not, Child 19 Katwiwa Mule 3 Of Authenticity and Engagement in Francophone African Cultural Production 29 Brian Valente-Quinn 4 Literature and Hybridity in Mauritius and Reunion 45 Anjali Prabhu 5 The Representation of Nation and National Identity in Modern Amharic Literature 61 Tewodros Gebre 6 Swahili Literature (Fasihi ya Kiswahili) 79 Evan Maina Mwangi Part II North Africa 101 7 North Africa: An Introduction 103 Mohamed-Salah Omri 8 Nation and Identity in Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt 117 Ahmed Idrissi Alami 9 Hyphens & Hymens: francoarab Literature of the Maghreb 133 yasser elhariry 10 Translation and North African Letters 151 Tahia Abdel Nasser 11 Cross-Pollination and Interweavings between the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa Through Art, Cinema, and Music 165 Helene Tissieres 12 France and North Africa: A Cinematic Retrospective of Centuries of Entangled Relations 181 Fazia Aitel Part III Southern Africa 195 13 Southern Africa: An Introduction 197 Stefan Helgesson 14 Anglophone Literature of South Africa 213 Peter Blair 15 The Machinery of Life-Writing Under Zimbabwe's Third Chimurenga 235 Josiah Nyanda 16 The Afrikaans Cultural Expressions of the Powerless and Subjugated 251 Hein Willemse 17 Lusophone Southern African Literature (Angola, Mozambique) 267 Luis Madureira 18 A Socio-Critical Survey of Black South African English Poetry, 1900-2000 283 Thengani H. Ngwenya Part IV West Africa 303 19 West Africa: An Introduction 305 Olakunle George 20 West African Literature in English 319 Neil ten Kortenaar 21 Migration, Literary Imagination, and Mirages in the Francophone Text: Paths to Anthropological Mutilation 333 Cilas Kemedjio 22 Reading Yoruba Literature 351 Adeleke Adee ko Part V Redoublings and Reconstellations 365 23 Post-Hybrid Conjunctive Consciousness in the Literature of the New African Diaspora 367 Lokangaka Losambe 24 Outing Africa: On Sexualities, Gender, and Transgender in African Literatures 381 Chantal Zabus 25 African Literature and the European Canon: From Past to Present and Back Again 399 Jeanne-Marie Jackson 26 War, Human Rights, and Historical Representation: Torture as Synecdoche 411 Eleni Coundouriotis 27 African Literature's Other Media: Art Film, Nollywood 425 Noah Tsika 28 Navigating Digital Worlds: African Literary Forms in the Digital Age 439 Stephanie Bosch Santana Index 455

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Details

• NCID: BC03193190
• ISBN:
  • 9781119058175
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hoboken, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 488 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 809.896
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : African literature -- History and criticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA33407255