Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa

Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa
Author: Dominic Thomas
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2002-11-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253215544


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The relationship between literature & the state is examined in this discussion of Francophone African literature. Dominic Thomas considers the case of the Congo, where the recent transition to democracy was in part inspired by the works of Sony Labou Tansi, Henri Lopes, & Emmanuel Dongala among others.


Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-11-19 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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"[W]ithout a doubt one of the most important studies so far completed on literature in French grounded in the experiences of migrants of sub-Saharan African ori
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