Toyin Falola

Milestones in African Literature (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Milestones in African Literature offers an accessible guide to ten key moments in African literature. It traces literature in Africa through forms and genres, as well as social and political changes. This book is the ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students interested in African literatures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040093818
• Artikelnr.: 72284273

Autorenporträt

Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the recipient of many distinguished accolades and awards, including nineteen honorary doctorates.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Social Experience, Commitment, and Essence
Chapter 1: Oral Literature
Chapter 2: The Written Text of the Pre-Colonial
Chapter 3: The Colonial Era
Chapter 4: Apartheid, Settler-Colonialism, and Southern Africa
Chapter 5: The Negritude Movement and African Rehabilitation
Chapter 6: Print Media and Popular Literature
Chapter 7: The Language Debate
Chapter 8: Postcolonial Realities
Chapter 9: Migration Literature
Chapter 10: The Digital Age
Conclusion: African Literature: Methodological Reflections and Pushing the
Frontiers of Research
Index