African Literature

African literature refers to literature of and from Africa. As George Joseph notes on the first page of his chapter on African literature in Understanding Contemporary Africa, while the European perception of literature generally refers to written letters, the African concept includes oral literature.
As George Joseph continues, while European views of literature often stressed a separation of art and content, African awareness is inclusive:

"Literature" can also imply an artistic use of words for the sake of art alone. ... traditionally, Africans do not radically separate art from teaching. Rat
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Cursed Daughters
Dream Count
Jacaranda
My Friends
This Motherless Land
The Promise
Watch Us Dance (In the Country of Others, #2)
Little Rot
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
And So I Roar
Blessings
La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
Small Worlds
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Half of a Yellow Sun
Americanah
Purple Hibiscus
Homegoing
The Thing Around Your Neck
Disgrace
So Long a Letter
We Should All Be Feminists
No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #3)
Where Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonPurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBlack Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed
African Lit
179 books — 31 voters

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Immigrant Experience Literature
1,047 books — 1,704 voters
Segu by Maryse CondéDésert by J.M.G. Le ClézioMathématiques congolaises by In Koli Jean BofaneSous L'orage (Kany)Roman, Suivi De La Mort De Chaka, Pièce En... by BADIAN SEYDOU (MAL)L'Étranger by Albert Camus
Afrique Francophone
25 books — 3 voters


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Chinua Achebe
What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories- prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal.
Chinua Achebe, There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra

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