Book contents
- African Literature in Transition
- African Literature in Transition
- African Literature in Transition
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Decolonization Currents
- Part II Theoretical Turn
- Part III Contemporary Reconfigurations or Shifting Globalities and Positionalities
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2025
Book contents
- African Literature in Transition
- African Literature in Transition
- African Literature in Transition
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Decolonization Currents
- Part II Theoretical Turn
- Part III Contemporary Reconfigurations or Shifting Globalities and Positionalities
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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- African Literature in TransitionIntellectual Traditions of African Literature, 1960–2015, pp. 353 - 380Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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