African Literature in the World - Simon Gikandi Fiction Contains the short story `Bearable'

Contains the short story `Bearable' exclusive to this edition

this book distills more than a decade of exploration

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African Literature in the World - Simon Gikandi Fiction Contains the short story `Bearable'InAfrican Literature in the World, Simon Gikandi asks: Why do debates on language continue to inform and haunt African writing? What happened whenwriting replaced orality as the primary form of creative expression? When, how, and why did thenovel come to occupy such a dominant role in African literary history? This is a comprehensive study of the histories and theories of African literature in thetwentieth century and shows how African writers adopted