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African-Language Literature; or, Postcolonial Theory's Unconscious
- Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
- Duke University Press
- Volume 32, Number 3, 2012
- pp. 502-510
- Article
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According to Garnier, neither the sociohistorical grounding of postcolonial studies nor the more explicitly linguistic and cultural one of francophone studies helps direct a satisfactory critical reading of literature in African languages. The ambition of this essay is to show the potential for theoretical renewal African-language literature is likely to bring to these two disciplines.