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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, with sales exceeding three million copies, is one of the most widely read works of contemporary fiction. A classic of African literature, it is taught in college courses ranging from graduate seminars in English and comparative literature to undergraduate offerings in English, history, ethnic studies, anthropology, folklore, and political science; it is also
Georges Ngal's pathbreaking satire Giambatista Viko explores the vexed relations between metropolitan centers and peripheral former colonies through its titular antihero, an African professor at an African studies institute divided between European-focused cosmopolitans and Africanists. Struggling to write the great African novel and subject to abuse, Viko realizes he can no longer separate the
“Overall this is a carefully edited volume which, due to the range of theoretical overviews and array of topics explored, will be very useful for teachers of African literature and of relevance to postgraduate students and academics interested in the complexities of the African novel.” —African Studies Quarterly
African Studies French and Francophone Literature Feminist and Gender Studies Postcolonial Literature
African Studies French and Francophone Literature Feminist and Gender Studies
British Literature African Studies
African Studies Postcolonial Literature
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