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1 online resource |
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Kenya and Uganda in the limelight: setting the stage -- "The landscape had not its like in all the world": (East) African Anglophone writing from the 1940s to the late 1990s -- African literary NGOs (LINGOs), a model for African literary criticism and cultural politics -- The African literary revolution on our doorstep: African LINGOs past and present -- Survival of the fittest: African LINGOs, an enduring phenomenon? -- "Tongues on fire": the politics of being an African writer in an African LINGO in the 21st century -- "Words that reshape a country" and literary canons: agency and narrative -- Rewriting African identity, self and place: civil war and HIV/AIDS in fiction -- Conclusions and future scenarios of the African LINGO in the 21st century |
| Summary |
The last decade has seen the emergence of a new generation of prize-winning African writers, including key figures such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Binyavanga Wainaina, Yvonne Owuor, and Monica Arac de Nyeko. But who are these writer-activists and how are they influenced by the complexities of local politics, development aid, and literary production? Structured around the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews of contemporary East African writers with analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Kwani Trust.
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FEMRITE (Association)
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Kwani Trust |
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FEMRITE (Association) |
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African literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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African literature (English) -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Politics and literature -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
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Authors, African -- Societies, etc
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Literary studies: general -- Africa.
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Cultural studies -- Africa.
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Non-governmental organizations (Ngos) -- Africa.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature.
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African literature (English)
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Intellectual life
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Politics and literature
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Africa -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
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Africa
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137330901 |
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1137330902 |
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