This book explores literary representations of African immigrant
experiences in Western countries, against the backdrop of colonial
stereotypes and recent expressions of anti-immigrant sentiment in
Europe and America. The book deploys the concept of coloniality of
migrancy to explore how global coloniality continues to shape the
identities and lived experiences of African immigrants as
represented in African diasporic literatures. It considers the
persistence of racist and discriminatory attitudes and patterns of
thought that developed during slavery and colonialism, and asks to
what extent it is possible for African immigrants to transcend race
in their configuration of their identity. Five key twenty-first
century African diasporic novels are considered in the analysis:
Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers, Dave Eggers’ What is the
What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie’s Americanah, NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names and
Helon Habila’s Travellers. Overall, the book demonstrates that
despite the hostility migrants of colour encounter, Africans are
shunning the victimhood of colonialism and slavery and finding
alternative ways of navigating and inhabiting the modern world.
Foregrounding the usefulness of decoloniality and postcolonial
theory as theoretical tools, this book will be an invaluable
resource to researchers across the fields of African literature,
migration, sociology, politics, and decolonial studies.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge African Diaspora Literary and Cultural Studies |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Peter Moopi
• Rodwell Makombe
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
200 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-257879-8 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-03-257879-3 |
Barcode: |
9781032578798 |
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