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Title: | La femme et sa lutte de libération dans l'oeuvre d'Henri Lopes |
Author: | Mwepu, Patrick Kabeya |
Year: | 2008 |
Periodical: | Tydskrif vir letterkunde |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 161-172 |
Language: | French |
Geographic term: | Congo (Republic of) |
Subjects: | novels women |
About person: | Henri Lopes (1937-) |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v45i2.29836 |
Abstract: | Born in Kinshasa on 12 September 1937, but a national of Congo (Brazzaville), Henri Lopes is one of those African writers who were not only educated but also lived in Europe where a certain portion of their literary work was produced. Through Lopes' works, one can easily glean a complete picture of despotic postcolonial mismanagement of political affairs coupled with a dearth of humanism. His literary works such as 'Tribaliques' (Tribaliks, 1971), 'La nouvelle romance' (The New Romance, 1976), 'Sans tam-tam' (Without Drum, 1977), 'Le pleurer-rire' (The Crying-Laughter, 1982) and 'Sur l'autre rive' (On the Other Shore, 1992) depict a particular world view as well as an understanding of the overarching reality of a young Africa that had just attained political independence. However, while Lopes' works decry the shortcomings of Africa's postcolonial ruling class, it is important to note that the author appears to pay equal attention to questions relating to the perception and critical analysis of the status of women in Africa. In his rather original approach, Lopes lends women a revolutionary voice with which they address and search for solutions to their problems. Bibliogr., note, sum. in English, text in French. [Journal abstract] |