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Title: | Ideological Gerrymandering in African Literature: A View from the Opposition |
Author: | Olafioye, Tayo |
Year: | 1985 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Studies (UCLA) |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | Summer |
Pages: | 72-76 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Subsaharan Africa Africa |
Subjects: | literature Literature, Mass Media and the Press |
Abstract: | The author compares two generations of African writers: the early-modern African writers (Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Sembene Ousmane, Ferdinand Oyono, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Denis Brutus and Wole Soyinka) and the late-modernists (Ferni Osofisan, Bode Sowande, Biodun Jeyfus, Kwei Armah and Olu Obafemi). The late-modernists, who often took their ideological baptism from Marx or Sartre, contend that the old writers lack commitment to contemporary issues because their approach is individualistic and messianic. It's the opinion of the author that each generation of writers has its own importance. - Notes. |