ALT 26 War in African Literature Today

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ALT 26 War in African Literature Today

Edited by: Ernest N Emenyonu
With contributions by: Chimalum Nwankwo , Chimalum Nwankwo , Christine Matzke , Clement Okafor , Ernest N Emenyonu , Iniobong I. Uko , Isidore Diala , James Gibbs , Maurice Taonezvi Vambe , Ogaga Okuyade , Oike Machiko , Sophia O. Ogwude and Zoe Norridge

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2008

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How have African writers addressed the issue of war and its impact across the continent?

Since the second half of the twentieth century, no single phenomenon has marred the image and development of Africa more than senseless fratricidal wars which rapidly followed the political independence of nations. This issue ofAfrican Literature Today is devoted to studies of how African writers, as historical witnesses, have handled the recreation of war as a cataclysmic phenomenon in various locations on the continent. The contributors explore the subject from a variety of perspectives: panoramic, regional, national and through comparative studies. War has enriched contemporary African literature, but at what price to human lives, peace and the environment?

ERNESTEMENYONU is Professor of the Department of Africana Studies University of Michigan-Flint. The contributors include: CHIMALUM NWANKWO, CHRISTINE MATZKE, CLEMENT A. OKAFOR, INIBONG I. UKO, OIKE MACHIKO, SOPHIE OGWUDE, MAURICE TAONEZVI VAMBE, ZOE NORRIDGE and ISIDORE DIALA.

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Contributor: Ernest N Emenyonu ERNEST N. EMENYONU is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012). --- Contributor: Chimalum Nwankwo CHIMALUM NWANKWO is Writer-in-Residence, Department of English and Literary Studies, Veritas University, Abuja, Nigeria. He has previously taught at the Universities of Nigeria, East Carolina-Greenville, North Carolina A & T State University-Greensboro, where he was Professor of English and World Literatures and Former Chair of the Department of English, Nigeria Turkish Nile University in Abuja. He was Guest Editor of ALT 30 Reflections & Retrospectives. His other critical studies include Of the Deepest Shadows and The Prisons of Fire (2010) and Toward the kingdom of Woman and Man: The Works of Ngugi wa Thiongo (1992). He is also an acclaimed poet, who has published five volumes of poetry, including The Womb in the Heart and Other Poems and Lovesong for Julian Assange & Poems from Love Mountain. --- Contributor: Christine Matzke CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin. --- Contributor: Ernest N Emenyonu ERNEST N. EMENYONU is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012).

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Notes on Contributors
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War in African Literature: Literary Harvests, Human Tragedies
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Ernest N. Emenyonu

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The Muted Index of War in African Literature & Society
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Chimalum Nwankwo

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‘Life in the Camp of the Enemy’ Alemseged Tesfai’s Theatre of War
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Christine Matzke

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Sacrifice & the Contestation of Identity in Chukwuemeka Ike’s Sunset at Dawn
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Clement A. Okafor

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Of War & Madness: A Symbolic Transmutation of the Nigeria–Biafra War in Select Stories from The Insider: Stories of War & Peace from Nigeria
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Iniobong I. Uko

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Becoming a Feminist Writer: Representations of the Subaltern in Buchi Emecheta’s Destination Biafra
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Oike Machiko

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Politics & Human Rights in Non-Fiction Prison Literature
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Sophie Obiajulu Ogwude

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Problems of Representing the Zimbabwean War of Liberation in Mutasa’s The Contact, Samupindi’s Pawns & Vera’s The Stone Virgins
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Maurice Taonezvi Vambe

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The Need to Go Further? Dedication & Distance in the War Narratives of Alexandra Fuller & Alexander Kanengoni
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Zoe Norridge

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History, Memoir & a Soldier’s Conscience Philip Efiong’s Nigeria & Biafra: My Story
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Isidore Diala

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Of the Versification of Pain: Nigerian Civil War Poetry
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Ogaga Okuyade

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Aniceti Kitereza, Mr. Myombekere & his Wife Bugonoka, their Son Ntulanalwo & Daughter Buliwhali: The Story of an Ancient African Community.
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Joseph L. Mbele

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Ahmadou Kourouma, Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote, Translated from the French by Frank Wynne
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Tony Simoes da Silva

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Daniel Mengara, Mema
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Tony Simoes da Silva

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Shimmer Chinodya, Chairman of Fools
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Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo

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Chris Abani, Graceland
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Toni Kan

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Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation
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Molara Wood

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Woeli A. Dekutsey & John Sackey (eds), An Anthology of Contemporary Ghanaian Poems
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Pietro Deandre

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Tayo Olafioye, A Stroke of Hope
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Mark L. Lilleleht

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Lola Shoneyin, So All the Time I Was Sitting on an Egg
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James Gibbs

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Es’kia Mphahlele, Down Second Avenue
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Toni Kan

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Véronique Tadjo, The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda
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Elinettie Chabwera

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Phanuel Akubueze Egejuru, Chinua Achebe: Pure and Simple, An Oral Biography
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Ike Anya

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Pietro Deandrea, Fertile Crossings: Metamorphoses of Genre in Anglophone West African Literature
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Stephanie Newell

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Alain Ricard, The Languages & Literatures of Africa
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Jane Plastow

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Ola Rotimi, ed. Issues in African Theatre
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James Gibbs

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Flora Veit-Wild & Dirk Naguschewski (eds) Body, Sexuality, and Gender
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Short Notices from the Editor of the Reviews Section
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James Gibbs

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Index
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Keywords for this book

African writers; war; cataclysmic phenomenon; human lives; peace; environment

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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research

ALT 26 War in African Literature Today

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Notes on Contributors

War in African Literature: Literary Harvests, Human Tragedies

The Muted Index of War in African Literature & Society

‘Life in the Camp of the Enemy’ Alemseged Tesfai’s Theatre of War

Sacrifice & the Contestation of Identity in Chukwuemeka Ike’s Sunset at Dawn

Of War & Madness: A Symbolic Transmutation of the Nigeria–Biafra War in Select Stories from The Insider: Stories of War & Peace from Nigeria

Becoming a Feminist Writer: Representations of the Subaltern in Buchi Emecheta’s Destination Biafra

Politics & Human Rights in Non-Fiction Prison Literature

Problems of Representing the Zimbabwean War of Liberation in Mutasa’s The Contact, Samupindi’s Pawns & Vera’s The Stone Virgins

The Need to Go Further? Dedication & Distance in the War Narratives of Alexandra Fuller & Alexander Kanengoni

History, Memoir & a Soldier’s Conscience Philip Efiong’s Nigeria & Biafra: My Story

Of the Versification of Pain: Nigerian Civil War Poetry

Aniceti Kitereza, Mr. Myombekere & his Wife Bugonoka, their Son Ntulanalwo & Daughter Buliwhali: The Story of an Ancient African Community.

Ahmadou Kourouma, Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote, Translated from the French by Frank Wynne

Daniel Mengara, Mema

Shimmer Chinodya, Chairman of Fools

Chris Abani, Graceland

Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation

Woeli A. Dekutsey & John Sackey (eds), An Anthology of Contemporary Ghanaian Poems

Tayo Olafioye, A Stroke of Hope

Lola Shoneyin, So All the Time I Was Sitting on an Egg

Es’kia Mphahlele, Down Second Avenue

Véronique Tadjo, The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda

Phanuel Akubueze Egejuru, Chinua Achebe: Pure and Simple, An Oral Biography

Pietro Deandrea, Fertile Crossings: Metamorphoses of Genre in Anglophone West African Literature

Alain Ricard, The Languages & Literatures of Africa

Ola Rotimi, ed. Issues in African Theatre

Flora Veit-Wild & Dirk Naguschewski (eds) Body, Sexuality, and Gender

Short Notices from the Editor of the Reviews Section

Index

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