African Literature and the Future
Many African countries achieved independence from their colonisers over five decades ago, but the people and the continent largely remain mere spectators in the arena of their own dance. The post-independence states are supposed to be sovereign, but the levers of economic and political powers still...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Dakar :
CODESRIA
2015.
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université Orléans et IFPM |
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Titre provenant de la page de titre du document numérique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de 114 p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Lettres |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • African literature and the future, edited by Gbemisola Adeoti, Dakar, CODESRIA, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2015, 1 vol. (103 p.), Africa and the challenges of the twenty-first century, 978-2-86978-633-2 |
| Résumé: | Many African countries achieved independence from their colonisers over five decades ago, but the people and the continent largely remain mere spectators in the arena of their own dance. The post-independence states are supposed to be sovereign, but the levers of economic and political powers still reside in the donor states. Not in many fora is the complex reality that defines Africa more trenchantly articulated than in imaginative literature produced about and on the continent. This is the crux of the essays collected in African Literature and the Future. The book reflects on Africa?s past and present, addressing anxieties about the future through the epistemological lens of literature. The contributors peep ahead from a backward glance. They dissect the trend and tenor of politics and their impact on the socio-cultural and economic development of the continent as portrayed in imaginative writings over the years. One salient feature of African literature is the close affinity between art and politics in its polemics. This is well established in all the six essays in the book as the authors stress the interconnections between literature and society in their textual analyses. On the whole, there is an overwhelming feeling of angst and pessimism, but the authors perceive a glimmer of hope despite daunting odds, under different conditions. Thus, they depict the plausible fate of Africa in the twenty-first century, as informed by its ancient and recent past, gleaned from primary texts. |
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| Description: | Titre provenant de la page de titre du document numérique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de 114 p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Lettres |
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| ISBN: | 9782869786721 |
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