Contemporary African Literature in English: Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications

Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani.

Author: M. Krishnan
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/20/2014
Pages: 222
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781137378323

About the Author
Madhu Krishnan is Lecturer in 20th and 21st century Postcolonial Writing at the University of Bristol, UK. Her research considers the construction and dissemination of a transnational idea of Africa in contemporary African writing, with particular interests in representation, space and transnationality. She has published numerous articles on African literatures and postcolonial studies in journals including ARIEL, Research in African Literatures, CLIO and Journal of Commonwealth Literature.