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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.
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