Publishing Africa in French was the winner of the African
Literature Association's First Book Award in 2018. It has become
commonplace to note that the global French literary marketplace is
dominated by Parisian publishing houses and metropolitan kudos.
This study probes the aesthetic and political implications of that
assertion by revisiting the history of African literature in
post-war France. Extensive archival research is combined with
literary analysis to investigate the destabilizing impact of
decolonization on legitimate notions of language, authorship and
literary value. Mapping connections between institutions such as
Presence Africaine, Editions du Seuil, Gallimard and the
Association des ecrivains de la mer et de l'outre-mer, the author
argues that a contested and variegated African literary presence
actively shaped the metropolitan publishing scene during this
period of transition. In turn, the material aspects of book
production and distribution are shown to be inextricably entangled
with ongoing debates over the representation of Africa in words.
Authors whose work is considered in detail include Abdoulaye Sadji,
Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Christine Garnier, Malick Fall, Chinua Achebe
and Peter Abrahams. Publishing Africa in French uses an innovative
interdisciplinary methodology to contribute fresh insights to
current concerns in French studies, African studies, and
postcolonial book history.
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