Interrogates and explores African literature in African languages
today, and the continuing interfaces between works in indigenous
languages and those written in European languages or languages of
colonizers. Sixty years after the Conference of African Writers of
English Expression at Makerere University, the dominance in the
global canon of African literatures written in European languages
over those in indigenous languages continues to be an issue. This
volume of ALT re-examines this central question of African
literatures to ask, 'What is the state of African literatures in
African languages today?' Contributors discuss the translation of
Gurnah's novel Paradise to Swahili, and Osemwegie's Ọrọ Epic to
English, and Wolof wrestlers' panegyrics. They analyse Edo
eco-critical poetry, and the poetics of Igbo mask poetry, and
morality in early prose fiction in indigenous Nigerian languages.
Other essays contribute a semiotic analysis of Duruaku's A Matter
of Identity, and the decolonization of trauma in Uwem Akpan's Say
You're One of Them. Overall, the volume paints a complex image of
African cultural production in indigenous languages, especially in
the ways Africa's oral performance traditions remain resilient in
the face of a seemingly undiminished presence of non-African
language literary traditions.
General
| Imprint: |
James Currey
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
African Literature Today |
| Release date: |
December 2023 |
| Firstpublished: |
2023 |
| General editors: |
Ernest N. Emenyonu
(Author)
|
| Guest editors: |
Nduka Otiono
(Customer)
• Chiji Akoma
(Contributor)
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
176 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84701-346-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-84701-346-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781847013460 |
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