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Sindiwe Magona and the Power of Paradox Challenging the Polarization of South African Discourse

Sindiwe Magona and the Power of Paradox: Challenging the Polarization of South African Discourse

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Renée Schatteman
April 23, 2024

This book examines the work of Sindiwe Magona, one of South Africa’s most prolific and ground-breaking writers, widely recognised for highlighting the everyday experiences of women and the domestic side of apartheid. A pioneer among black African women writers, she is equally respected as ...

African Women Narrating Identity Local and Global Journeys of the Self

African Women Narrating Identity: Local and Global Journeys of the Self

1st Edition

By Rose A. Sackeyfio
August 08, 2023

This book examines the complexities of women’s lives in Africa and the transnational spaces of Europe and North America through the literary works of key African women writers. Using a postcolonial analytical framework, the book highlights the commonalities of African women’s identities and ...

Nigeria's Third-Generation Literature Content and Form

Nigeria's Third-Generation Literature: Content and Form

1st Edition

By Ode Ogede
March 10, 2023

This book considers the evolution and characteristics of Nigeria’s third-generation literature, which emerged between the late 1980s and the early 1990s and is marked by expressive modes and concerns distinctly different from those of the preceding era. The creative writing of this period reflects ...

Mazisi Kunene Literature, Activism, and African Worldview

Mazisi Kunene: Literature, Activism, and African Worldview

1st Edition

By Dike Okoro
December 14, 2022

This book examines the life and work of Mazisi Kunene, the only recognized poet laureate of Africa, a Nobel Prize nominee, and a key symbol of African cultural independence. Kunene is widely recognized for his epic poems that assert cultural identity and condemn the disruption of the growth and ...

Autobiography, Memory and Nationhood in Anglophone Africa

Autobiography, Memory and Nationhood in Anglophone Africa

1st Edition

By David Ekanem Udoinwang, James Tar Tsaaior
August 25, 2022

This book provides an important critical analysis of the autobiographies of nine major leaders of national liberation movements in Africa. By examining their self-narratives, we can better understand how decolonisation unfolded and how activist-politicians sought to immortalise their roles for ...

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