Challenging Hierarchies: Issues and Themes in Colonial and Postcolonial African Literature (Society and Politics in Africa) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820437107 ISBN 13: 9780820437101

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 1998

Synopsis

Challenging Hierarchies explores the provocative and compelling work of African authors, from the writing of eighteenth-century social critic Ottobah Cugoano to that of contemporary novelists Chinua Achebe, Tsitsi Dangarembga and Ben Okri. The book focuses on challenges to colonial and neo-colonial oppression, with a special emphasis on African feminism and the work of women writers. Contributors range from renowned authors such as Ama Ata Aidoo and Micere Mugo to innovative literary critics like Obioma Nnaemeka and Vincent Odamiten. Combining criticism, fiction, and creative autobiography, Challenging Hierarchies reflects the vital spirit of African literature and literary studies today.

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About the Author

The Editors: Leonard A. Podis is Professor of Writing and English at Oberlin College. His publications include many essays on literature, language, and writing as well as two books, Writing: Invention, Form, and Style and Rethinking Writing.
Yakubu Saaka, former deputy foreign minister of Ghana, is Professor of African American Studies at Oberlin College. He has published extensively on African politics, including the book, Local Government and Political Change in Northern Ghana.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0820437107
• ISBN 13: 9780820437101
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 326
• Editor: Podis Leonard, Saaka Abrafi