Milestones in African Literature

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Milestones in African Literature offers an accessible guide to ten key moments in African literature. It traces literature in Africa through forms and genres, as well as social and political changes. This book is the ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students interested in African literatures.

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Milestones in African Literature offers an accessible guide to ten key moments in African literature. It traces literature in Africa through forms and genres, as well as social and political changes. This book is the ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students interested in African literatures.

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Preface

Introduction

Social Experience, Commitment, and Essence

Chapter 1: Oral Literature

Chapter 2: The Written Text of the Pre-Colonial

Chapter 3: The Colonial Era

Chapter 4: Apartheid, Settler-Colonialism, and Southern Africa

Chapter 5: The Negritude Movement and African Rehabilitation

Chapter 6: Print Media and Popular Literature

Chapter 7: The Language Debate

Chapter 8: Postcolonial Realities

Chapter 9: Migration Literature

Chapter 10: The Digital Age

Conclusion: African Literature: Methodological Reflections and Pushing the Frontiers of Research

Index