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- The Anglophone Literary-Linguistic Continuum: English and Indigenous Languages in African Literary Discourse
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- 2018
- Published by: NISC (Pty) Ltd
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Michael Andindilile in The Anglophone Literary�Linguistic Continuum: English and Indigenous Languages in African Literary Discourse interrogates Obi Wali�s (1963) prophecy that continued use of former colonial languages in the production of African literature could only lead to �sterility�, as African literatures can only be written in indigenous African languages. In doing so, Andindilile critically examines selected of novels of Achebe of Nigeria, Ngugi of Kenya, Gordimer of South Africa and Farah of Somalia and shows that, when we pay close attention to what these authors represent about their African societies, and the way they integrate African languages, values, beliefs and cultures, we can discover what constitutes the Anglophone African literary�linguistic continuum. This continuum can be defined as variations in the literary usage of English in African literary discourse, with the language serving as the base to which writers add variations inspired by indigenous languages, beliefs, cultures and, sometimes, nation-specific experiences.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- pp. ix-x
- 5. Farah, English and cosmopolitanism
- pp. 90-109
- Bibliography
- pp. 133-145
Additional Information
ISBN
9781920033248
Related ISBN(s)
9781920033231
MARC Record
OCLC
1082875889
Pages
168
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-21
Language
English
Open Access
No