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Decolonisation can be pursued in different ways. After many years of developing a critical language to engage colonialit......more

From the pen of beloved poet Luci Shaw comes a new collection that celebrates inspired creativity as an antidote to chao......more

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Originally published in 1980, this book introduces the student to twelve of the most exciting and significant African au......more

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Legacies of Departed African Writers analyzes and celebrates the resounding contributions of ten deceased African female......more

In moments of acute crisis in the relations between the individual and the state, African writers consistently turn to t......more

A witty satire of the medical profession The Doctors’ Dinner Party is an eleventh-century satire in the form of a novell......more

Written artefacts are traditionally studied because of their content. Material aspects of these artefacts enrich the stu......more

Shame is one of the most frequent underlying emotions expressed throughout sub-Saharan African literature, yet studies o......more

This book likens writers’ incessant focus on racism, negative ethnicity, patriarchy and social stratification in societi......more

Key study on writer and activist Kgositsile that presents a new approach to studying the radicalism of Africa and its di......more

In the past few decades, Western studies of Afrofuturism have grown to encompass examples deriving from multiple sites a......more

"Simultaneously transnational and local, poetry in the twenty-first century is produced across digital networks, shaped ......more

"Simultaneously transnational and local, poetry in the twenty-first century is produced across digital networks, shaped ......more

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing......more

er Schwerpunkt des Bandes 51 liegt auf der Analyse einer Reihe literarischer Texte, die sich thematisch und inhaltlich u......more

A trilingual experimental collection bringing together an impressive array of contemporary Arab poets and literary trans......more

On what terms and concepts can we ground the comparative study of Anglophone literatures and cultures around the world t......more

This edited volume provides a wide- ranging introduction to the novelistic oeuvre of the prize- winning author Abdulraza......more