Pre-colonial Africa in colonial African narratives : from Ethiopia unbound to things fall apart, 1911-1958 / Donald R. Wehrs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wehrs, Donald R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature--History and criticism.

African literature.

Colonialism in literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 193 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]

Contents:

Embodied ethical life and the threat of cognitive imperialism in African contexts

Hayford, Balewa, and the representation of African culture and society

Articulations of empire and hatred of the other man in Hazoumé's Doguicimi

History, fable, and syncretism in Fagunwa's Forest of a thousand daemons

The ordeal of cognitive imperialism in Tutuola's early fiction

Pre-colonial history and anticolonial politics in Achebe's Things fall apart.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-186) and index.

ISBN:

9780754660880

0754660885

OCLC:

85830684