1st Edition
The Swahili Novels of Tanzanian Women Agency, Tradition, and Change
Introduction
Part One: Contexts
1. Methodological framework
2. Literary outline
Part Two: Texts and their analyses
3. 'Don't Forget Me': women's writing in the 1960s
4. Visions of women's emancipation in the Ujamaa literature
5. The last decades of the 20th century
6. Feminist discourses in 21st-century novels
Conclusion
Biography
Izabela Romańczuk completed her PhD at the Department of African Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. She works as an assistant professor in the Department of African Languages and Cultures at the University of Warsaw. In her research and teaching work she deals with various aspects of contemporary African literature, particularly Kiswahili literature, emphasizing gender dynamics and identity representation. At the University of Warsaw's Department of African Languages and Cultures, she also teaches about feminist theories in Africa.
