African literatures as world literature / edited by Alexander Fyfe and Madhu Krishnan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fyfe, Alexander, editor.

Krishnan, Madhu, 1981- editor.

Series:

Literatures as world literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature--History and criticism.

African literature.

African literature--Appreciation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiii, 268 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

Summary:

"A consideration of the theoretical, conceptual, and material connections between African literatures and "the world.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: African literatures and the problem of `the world' / Madbu Krishnan

2. `African borders are unnatural': Nairobi and the rise of a world literature / Bhakti Shringarpure

3. Can Nairobi `world' without the `great Kenyan novel'? / Billy Kahora

4. The problem with French and the world: Imagining the province and the global in francophone African fiction / Sarah Arens

5. The first Ethiopian novel in Amharic (1908) and the world: Critical and theoretical legacies / Sara Marzagora

6. The Kaiser, Angoche and the world at large: Swahili poetry from Mozambique as world (war) literature / Chapane Mutiua

7. Early Sesotho, isiXhosa and isiZulu novels as world literature / Ashleigh Harris

8. African multilingualism as an asset in world literature: A case against cultural conformity and uniformity / Munyao Kilolo

9. New cartographies for world literary space: Locating pan-African publishing and prizing / Kate Wallis

10. Ake Festival and the African world stage / Lola Shoneyin

11. Contemporary African literature and celebrity capital / Doseline Kiguru

12. Reversing the global media lens: Colonial spectacularization in the writing of Binyavanga Wainaina / Penny Cartivright

13. The facts at the heart of the matter: Character and objectivity in the making of the Fante Intelligentsia / Jeanne-Marie Jackson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: African literatures as world literature

ISBN:

9781501379956

150137995X

9781501379994

1501379992

OCLC:

1286142600