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Journal articles on the topic "Contemporary African Literature"

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Oguibe, Olu, and Nicole Guez. "L'Art Africain Contemporain/Contemporary African Art: Guide." African Arts 30, no. 1 (1997): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3337485.

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Oliveira, Bruno Ribeiro. "Literatura, Linguagem e Descolonização em Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (Quênia) e Chinua Achebe (Nigéria)." Revista Discente Ofícios de Clio 5, no. 9 (2021): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.15210/clio.v5i9.19248.

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A história de literatura africana contemporânea está repleta de debates que tratam de sua utilidade frente aos povos de África e a natureza dessa literatura. Através das ideias de dois escritores africanos, Chinua Achebe e Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, este artigo revisita a história das ideias desses autores em respeito à literatura africana e sua linguagem de escrita. Tratamos de perceber como dois autores da mesma geração, porém de locais diferentes, Nigéria e Quênia, respectivamente, pensaram a produção literária e sua função em África no período pós-colonial.Palavras-chave: Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

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Foley, Andrew. "Contemporary South African literature." English Academy Review 18, no. 1 (2001): iii—v. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10131750185310021.

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Okoro, Dike. "Contemporary African Literature: New Approaches." World Literature Today 86, no. 6 (2012): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2012.0125.

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Early, Gerald. "Teaching Contemporary African-American Literature." Callaloo 14, no. 2 (1991): 464. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2931648.

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Sims Bishop, Rudine. "Contemporary African American Children's Literature." Wasafiri 24, no. 4 (2009): 3–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02690050903205512.

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AMINU, Segun, Adedamola A. OGUNMOLA, and Kayode F. DAHUNSI. "Engaging Decolonisation: Migration, Memory and Trauma in Contemporary African Literature." Kampala International University Journal of Education Two, One (2022): 19–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.59568/kjed-2022-2-1-003.

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The subject of decolonisation has been engaged by scholars such as Chinweizu (1987) and Ngugi (1986). However, this research centres around the contributions of contemporary African writers by interrogating the subjects of trauma, memory and migration in African literature. It analyses the transition of trauma from the colonial period till now using contemporary literary text. This discourse also examines the issues arising from migration in the writings of migrant writers. Further, the essay elucidates the issue of collective memory in African literature. It probes the effect of colonialism o

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Adell, Sandra, Olga Barrios, and Bernard W. Bell. "Contemporary Literature in the African Diaspora." African American Review 35, no. 2 (2001): 319. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2903266.

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Smith, Robert P., and Derek Wright. "Contemporary African Fiction." World Literature Today 72, no. 4 (1998): 889. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40154434.

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HAYATOU, Guedeyi Yaeneta. "L’utopie à l’œuvre dans le roman contemporain subsaharien." Revue d’Études Africaines 1, no. 4 (2025): 151–67. https://doi.org/10.61585/pud-rea-v1n401.

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Experiencingsomething else, reinventing the culture of life, rethinking living together, rediscovering the taste for hope, opening up horizons, such seems to be the urgency in the Africa today. This article analyzes the deployment of African utopias in contemporary sub-Saharan novels. How do contemporary sub-Saharan African writers represent utopia? How does the content of their works convey a utopian vision? And to what extent can the utopias at work in contemporary African literature have a direct and significant impact on the evolution of African societies? Contemporary sub-Saharan African

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Contemporary African Literature"

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Pearse, Adetokunbo. "Aspects of madness in contemporary African literature." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250284.

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Rountree, Wendy Alexia. "THE CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE BILDUNGSROMAN." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin997212820.

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van, Heerden Imke. "The vulnerable body in contemporary South African literature." Thesis, University of York, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10686/.

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This thesis examines a selection of South African literary texts written in English and published after 2000, arguing that these works of literature illustrate the ways in which the exigencies of the vulnerable body – brutal violence, HIV/AIDS, and social inequality – complicate attempts to transcend discrimination in contemporary South Africa. Consequently, the study concentrates on representations of the vulnerable body that specifically destabilise fixed categories of identity, thus instantiating the literary ethics of interconnection that comprises its main focus. Each of the five chapters

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Mbao, Wamuwi. "Imagined pasts, suspended presents South African literature in the contemporary moment." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002244.

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Scholarship on Post-Apartheid South African literature has engaged in various ways with the politics of identity, but its dominant mode has been to understand the literature through an anxious rupture-continuation paradigm in which the Apartheid past manifests itself in the present. However, in the contemporary moment, there are writers whose texts attempt to forge new paths in their depictions of identities both individual and collective. These texts are useful in contemplating how South Africans experience belonging and dislocation in various contexts. In this thesis, I consider a range of c

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Tucker, Kaylen Danielle. "Racial choice at century's end in contemporary African American literature." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8766.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of English. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Serls, Tangela La'Chelle. "The Spirit of Friendship: Girlfriends in Contemporary African American Literature." Scholar Commons, 2017. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7442.

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The Spirit of Friendship: Girlfriends in Contemporary African American Literature examines spiritual subjectivities that inspire girlfriends in three contemporary novels to journey towards actualization. It examines the girlfriend bond as a space where the Divine Spirit can flourish and assist girlfriends as they seek to become actualized. This project raises epistemological questions as it suggests that within the girlfriend dynamic, knowledge that is traditionally subjugated is formed and refined. Finally, girlfriend epistemology is considered in light of Black Girl Magic

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Kim, Junyon. "Re-imagining diaspora, reclaiming home in contemporary African-American fiction /." view abstract or download file of text, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3147823.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2004.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 223-239). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Lipenga, Ken Junior. "Narrative enablement : constructions of disability in contemporary African imaginaries." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86304.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines depictions of disability in selected African films, novels and memoirs. Central to the thesis is the concept of narrative enablement, which is discussed as a property that texts have for enabling the recognition of disability by the reader or viewer. In the thesis, I investigate the ways in which narrative enablement manifests in the texts. The motivation for the study comes from the recognition of several trends in current literary disability studies. Firstly, the study attempts to expand the theoretical b

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Kamali, Leila Francesca. "Spectres of the shore : the memory of Africa in contemporary African-American and Black British fiction." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2007. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/4110/.

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This study considers the approach in recent African-American and Black British fiction toward the cultural memory of Africa. Following a brief consideration of the relationship between contemporary conceptions of African-American and Black British cultural identities, I examine the ways in which the imaginative journeys and geographies, evoked by the ideals of Africa and 'Africanness', are employed in the negotiation of historical memory, and in the endeavour to situate black identity in the context of contemporary American and British society. My discussion addresses these questions, initiall

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Koziatek, Zuzanna Ewelina. " Formal Affective Strategies in Contemporary African Diasporic Feminist Texts ." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1621007445234777.

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Books on the topic "Contemporary African Literature"

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Krishnan, Madhu. Contemporary African Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137378330.

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Ouma, Christopher E. W. Childhood in Contemporary Diasporic African Literature. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36256-0.

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1958-, Barrios Herrero Olga, Bell Bernard W, Universidad de Salamanca. Departamento de Filología Inglesa., and International Symposium on Contemporary Literature of the African Diaspora. (1st : 1996 : University of Salamanca), eds. Contemporary literature in the African diaspora. Departamento de Filología Inglesa, Universidad de Salamanca, 1997.

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P, Collins Walter, ed. Emerging African voices: A study of contemporary African literature. Cambria Press, 2010.

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Derek, Wright, ed. Contemporary African fiction. E. Breitinger, 1997.

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Elmar, Lehmann, and Reckwitz Erhard, eds. Current themes in contemporary South African literature. Verlag Die Blaue Eule, 1989.

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Russell, Kaschula, ed. African oral literature: Functions in contemporary contexts. New Africa Books, 2001.

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Bernth, Lindfors, ed. Contemporary Black South African literature: A symposium. Three Continents Press, 1985.

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Inc, NetLibrary, ed. Contemporary African literature and the politics of gender. Routledge, 2002.

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Janice, Liddell, and Kemp Yakini Belinda, eds. Arms akimbo: Africana women in contemporary literature. University Press of Florida, 1999.

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Book chapters on the topic "Contemporary African Literature"

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Diop, Ismahan Soukeyna. "Women in the Contemporary African Literature." In Pan-African Psychologies. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24662-4_6.

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Ojaide, Tanure. "Contemporary Africa and the Politics in Literature." In Indigeneity, Globalization, and African Literature. Palgrave Macmillan US, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137560032_2.

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Ojaide, Tanure. "The new orality in contemporary African literature." In Literature and Culture in Global Africa. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315177700-8.

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Krishnan, Madhu. "Introduction: Writing Africa in a Global Marketplace." In Contemporary African Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137378330_1.

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Krishnan, Madhu. "Ethics, Conflict and Re(-)presentation." In Contemporary African Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137378330_2.

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Krishnan, Madhu. "Race, Class and Performativity." In Contemporary African Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137378330_3.

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Krishnan, Madhu. "Gender and Representing the Unrepresentable." In Contemporary African Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137378330_4.

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Krishnan, Madhu. "Mythopoetics and Cultural Re-Creation." In Contemporary African Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137378330_5.

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Krishnan, Madhu. "Global African Literature: Strategies of Address and Cultural Constraints." In Contemporary African Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137378330_6.

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Krishnan, Madhu. "Conclusion: Writing Africa’s Futures?" In Contemporary African Literature in English. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137378330_7.

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Conference papers on the topic "Contemporary African Literature"

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Arierhi Ottuh, John. "The Depiction of Women in Pauline Corpus and Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Modern African Womanist Criticism." In XII Congress of the ICLA. Georgian Comparative Literature Association, 2025. https://doi.org/10.62119/icla.4.9034.

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Humanities scholars, especially those in African Biblical criticism have given much attention to themes arising from biblical and ecclesiastical boundaries in their critical variants. However, in spite of the impressive body of existing literature in this field, less has been done on the comparative study of biblical and African literature. Using the African method of biblical criticism (comparative and liberation hermeneutics), this study examines the depiction of women in Pauline corpus (New Testament literature) and Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (African literature) by arguing that, although P

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Evwodere, Confidence Happiness. "DIALOGIC REPRESENTATION OF POSTCOLONIAL DYNAMICS IN CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S AMERICANAH." In Proceeding of the Thirteenth International Conference at the Faculty of Foreign Languages. Alfa BK University Belgrade, 2024. https://doi.org/10.46793/lld24.114e.

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The echoes of colonialism reverberate through the present, profoundly shaping relational dynamics between the West and the Other. This impact is palpable in contemporary society and finds expression in literature. While postcolonial theory presents tools for analysing literary texts to unravel the resultant complex relations, Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) offers critical tools for analysing dyadic and larger intercultural and interpersonal dialogues to unravel people’s conversational accommodation styles. These two theories/disciplines—postcolonial theory from literary studies and C

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Cilliers, Elizelle Juanee. "Transdisciplinary planning approaches towards resilience." In 55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress, Beyond Metropolis, Jakarta-Bogor, Indonesia. ISOCARP, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.47472/afnr6129.

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Urban functions are no longer separated spatially or socially, and the contest between diverse land-uses is reaching a peak due to growing populations and increasing urbanization that inflates the pressure on already strained resources within the urban fabric. The trend of depletion of green spaces is an increasing global phenomenon, intensifying the growing carbon footprint, impairing water quality and compromising health and overall quality of life, ultimately leading to cities that are far removed from the safe, clean, and livable environments, as envisioned in planning theory. Green spaces

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Abzianidze, Zaza. "Literature as Alternative History (Post-Soviet Conflicts in Georgian Prose)." In XII Congress of the ICLA. Georgian Comparative Literature Association, 2025. https://doi.org/10.62119/icla.3.8940.

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In the new millennium, Georgian prose began consistently shifting moral coordinates, this time on the map of contemporary history. The totality of the works cited here can be considered as an example of– the example, that is, of a fictional narrative assimilating the no man’s land untouched by historiography. The most ethically confrontational is Otar Chiladze’s novel, “Godori” (2002). Otar Chkheidze wrote in the introduction to his pertinent novel “White Bear” (1999). Guram Odisharia (“The Return to Sokhumi” ,1995), and Gela Chkvanava (“Toreadors”, 2006) describe the war inAbkhazia with shock

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Kisinga, Grayson, Mashaka Mkandawile, and Severine Kessy. "Forecasting the Sustainability of Tax Revenue in the Context of Post-ICT Adoption: The ARDL and Markov Chain Model Approach." In 16th International Operations Research Society of Eastern Africa Annual Conference. ORSEA Journal, 2025. https://doi.org/10.56279/orseaj.c2024.20.

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In contemporary society, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is widely recognised as an effective tool for optimising the process of collecting tax revenue. However, the empirical literature is not conclusive, as several studies have indicated mixed effects of ICT adoption on tax revenue. Arising from this, the study investigated the cointegration relationship between ICT investment, ICT imports, internet usage, broadband penetration, Economic growth, and Tax revenue in Tanzania from 1997 to 2022. Findings from Autoregressive Distributive Lag(ARDL) Bound tests indicated all variable

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Bagirov, Akram. "THE WORK “TAZKIRA-I NASRABADI” ABOUT THE POETS OF AZERBAIJAN." In 32nd International Congress on Source Studies and Historiography of Asia and Africa “Russia and the East. Сommemorating 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg State University. St. Petersburg State University, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/9785288064135.05.

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One of the most interesting and reliable sources for the study of the Safavid period of Azerbaijani literature is the work “Tazkere-ye Nasrabadi”, written by Muhammad Tahir Nasrabadi. There are many handwritten copies of this work in the world’s book treasures. “Tazkere” was published in Tehran in 1378 year of Hijra in two volumes by Mohsen Naji Nasrabadi. The work is a source that provides detailed information about the social, political and cultural life of its time. When writing this work, Muhammad Tahir Nasrabadi came into direct contact with contemporary poets, about whom he wanted to giv

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