Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa

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Preface and Acknowledgments i Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa ii Preface and Acknowledgments Preface and Acknowledgments iii Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa Dominic Thomas Bloomington and Indianapolis iv Preface and Acknowledgments This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2002 by Dominic Thomas All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thomas, Dominic Richard David. Nation-building, propaganda, and literature in Francophone Africa / Dominic Thomas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34157-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-253-21554-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. African literature (French)—History and criticism. 2. Nationalism and literature—Africa, French-speaking. 3. Politics and literature—Africa, French-speaking. 4. Propaganda—Africa, French-speaking. I. Title. PQ3980.5 .T56 2002 840.9'358'096—dc21 2002003703 1 2 3 4 5 07 06 05 04 03 02 Preface and Acknowledgments v FOR my parents, my son Devereux, AND my wife, Erin Joy Cooney vi Preface and Acknowledgments Preface and Acknowledgments vii History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, and if faced with courage, need not be lived again. —MAYA ANGELOU viii Preface and Acknowledgments ...