This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates
and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three
of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben
Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the
distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in
relation to:
* a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work
of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie
* wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular
attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe and
Wole Soyinka has been connected with nationalist agendas.
This is a fascinating and important work for all those working on
African literature, magical realism, or postcoloniality.
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