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Title: | Tradition and change in contemporary West and East African fiction |
Editor: | Okuyade, Ogaga |
Year: | 2014 |
Periodical: | Matatu: Journal for African Culture and Society (ISSN 0932-9714) |
Volume: | 45 |
Pages: | 308 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | Amsterdam |
Publisher: | Rodopi |
ISBN: | 9789042038066; 9789401210539 |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | literary criticism novels prose social problems women |
External link: | https://brill.com/view/journals/mata/45/1/mata.45.issue-1.xml |
Abstract: | Drawing on different theoretical insights, the essays in this volume capture the energy of the emergent novel in East and West Africa, offering different perspectives on what has been variously termed the 'new wave', 'emerging generation', and 'third generation'. Subjects addressed include the politics of identity, especially when (re)constructed outside the homeland or when African indigenous values are eroded by globalization and transnationalism. Other essays examine once-taboo concerns, including gendered accounts of same-sex sexualities. Most of the essays deal with shifting perceptions by African women of their social condition in patriarchy in relation to such issues as polygamy, adultery, male dominaton and the woman's quest for fulfilment and respect through access to quality education and full economic and socio-political participation. Themes taken up include the sexual exploitation of women and criminality, and the exposure of children to violence. Examined is also the contemporary textualization of orality (the trickster figure). Writers discussed include: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Okey Ndibe, Flora Nwapa, Nawal El Saadawi, Ama Ata Aidoo, Goretti Kyomuhendo, Chika Unigwe, Helon Habila, Ike Oguine, Chris Abani, Tanure Ojaide, Maik Nwosu, Unoma Azuah, Jude Dibia, Lola Shoneyin, Mary Karooro Okurut, Violet Barungi, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Abidemi Sanusi, Akachi Ezeigbo, Sefi Atta, Kaine Agary, Kojo Laing, Ahmadou Kourouma, Uwen Akpan, and Alobwed'Epie. [Journal abstract, edited] |