Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa

Name: Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa
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ISBN: 9780253215543

ISBN-10: 0253215544

ISBN-13: 9780253215543

Edition: 2002

Authors: Dominic Richard David Thomas, Dominic Thomas

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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.

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List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/19/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Sony Labou Tansi (1947--1995) was a Congolese novelist, playwright, and poet whose groundbreaking work transformed postcolonial francophone African literature.Alison Dundy translates from French and Italian to English. She specializes in literature, social sciences, art, and medicine.