ALT 40: African Literature Comes of Age

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ALT 40

African Literature Comes of Age

Edited by: Ernest N. Emenyonu
With contributions by: Paramita Routh Roy , Nonye Chinyere Ahumibe , Chikwurah Destiny Isiguzo , Kazeem Adebiyi-Adelabu , Alexandra Negri , Christophe Sékène Diouf , Benedicta Adeola Ehanire , Sani Gambo , Tinashe Mushakavanhu , John Uwa , Tijan M. Sallah , Razinat Talatu Mohammed , Kasimma , Eugen M. Bacon and H. Obiageli Okolocha

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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Volume 40 | African Literature Today

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Literary Studies Literature of other Nations and Languages Other Nations and Languages

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Editorial Article: African Literature Comes of Age Ernest N. Emenyonu Open Access Download PDF	1
Articles
Of Literature & Medicine Narrating Sickle Cell Disease in a Nigerian Novel Kazeem Adebiyi-Adelabu Open Access Download PDF	12
Post-humanism & Speciesism in African Literature Animals & the Animalized in Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness Chikwurah Destiny Isiguzo Open Access Download PDF	27
Manifestations of Masculinities in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Novels Initiating a Talk on Black Masculinity Studies Paramita Routh Roy Open Access Download PDF	40
Transformative Female Narratives & New Visions in African Women’s Writing A Re-reading of NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names & Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah Nonye Chinyere Ahumibe Open Access Download PDF	50
Religion, Capitalism & Politics The Revolutionary Imagination in the Plays of Nawal El Saadawi H. Oby Okolocha Open Access Download PDF	64
Approaching Gang Violence on the Cape Flats in Rehana Rossouw’s What Will People Say? Alexandra Negri Open Access Download PDF	79
The Denunciation of Religious Collusion with Colonization in Devil on the Cross & Matigari Christophe Sékène Diouf Open Access Download PDF	91
The Weapons of Subjugation in Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were Benedicta Adeola Ehanire Open Access Download PDF	107
Abrogating Aesthetic Boundaries in Contemporary Nigerian Poetry A Reading of Femi Abodunrin’s Poetry as Drama Sani Gambo Open Access Download PDF	119
The End of Robert Mugabe On Knowledge Production & Political Power Tinashe Mushakavanhu Open Access Download PDF	133
The Text & Textual Fields of African Popular Literature The Agency of Nigerian Stand-Up Comedy John Uwa Open Access Download PDF	145
Literary Supplement
Ezuga (Short Story) Kasimma Open Access Download PDF	158
Four Poems Eugen M. Bacon Open Access Download PDF	168
Tributes
Remembering Professor Charles R. Larson (14 January 1938–22 May 2021) Tijan M. Sallah Open Access Download PDF	172
The End of an Era A Tribute to Nawal El Saadawi (27 October 1931–21 March 2021) Razinat T. Mohammed Open Access Download PDF	188
Reviews
Kasimma. All Shades of Iberibe Nonye Chinyere Ahumibe Open Access Download PDF	196
Ikechukwu Otuu Egbuta and Nnenna Vivien Chukwu (eds), World on the Brinks: An Anthology of Covid-19 Pandemic Isidore Diala Open Access Download PDF	198
Evelyn N. Urama (ed), The Writer in the Mirror: Conversations with Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo Louisa Uchum Egbunikeke Open Access Download PDF	203
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, ‘Zikora: A Short Story’ Ijejeoma Ibekeku-Ngwaba Open Access Download PDF	207
Isidore Diala (ed), Obumselu on African Literature: The Intellectual Muse Afam Ebeogu Open Access Download PDF	210
Imbolo Mbue, Behold the Dreamers Ijejeoma Ibekeku-Ngwaba Open Access Download PDF	216
Tijan M. Sallah, Saani Baat: Aspects of African Literature and Culture Obi Nwakanma Open Access Download PDF	219

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English & American Literature; African Studies; Modern Literature

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