This article starts from two premises: that the almost exclusive reliance on the novel in several of the dominant elaborations of world literary models gives a very partial view of the global circulation of literature and, consequently, that much can be gained through analyses of complementary or alternative media and, secondly, that certain arguments within postcolonial literary studies on the circulation and audiences of African literature are inadequately grounded empirically. Taking the literary magazine Transition as an example – and more precisely its first, Ugandan, period –, this article seeks to make a con...
The late South African author Lewis Nkosi described history as a hero in African literature in his c...
“Penser le monde à partir de l’ Afrique” (Mbembe and Sarr) – to think the world from the perspective...
This article dwells on reviews such as Mensagem (Lisbon), Présence Africaine (Dakar and Paris) and B...
International audienceThis article on literary and theatrical circulations in Africa's Great Lakes r...
Les périodiques tels que Liaison, L’Étoile de l’A.E.F. ou La Semaine de l’A.E.F. ont joué un rôle pr...
This article on literary and theatrical circulations in Africa’s Great Lakes region begins by retrac...
International audienceFor authors producing contemporary African literature, there is a tension betw...
This paper argues that Africans should view their literature as an autonomous entity separate from a...
In this article, the authors attempt to describe the character of the Ugandan book focusing especial...
The article consists of personal reflections on some changes over the last generation in how the ora...
Accès restreint aux membres de l'Université de Lorraine jusqu'au 2015-12-02Periodicals such as Liais...
The articles of this special issue on “Translating African Thought and Literature” are exploring the...
Abstract Tracing the Borders of a Literary Field: the Case of Africain Literature in English. — The ...
The article consists of personal reflections on some changes over the last generation in how the ora...
This article considers translations of African texts from English to French in the context of recent...
The late South African author Lewis Nkosi described history as a hero in African literature in his c...
“Penser le monde à partir de l’ Afrique” (Mbembe and Sarr) – to think the world from the perspective...
This article dwells on reviews such as Mensagem (Lisbon), Présence Africaine (Dakar and Paris) and B...
International audienceThis article on literary and theatrical circulations in Africa's Great Lakes r...
Les périodiques tels que Liaison, L’Étoile de l’A.E.F. ou La Semaine de l’A.E.F. ont joué un rôle pr...
This article on literary and theatrical circulations in Africa’s Great Lakes region begins by retrac...
International audienceFor authors producing contemporary African literature, there is a tension betw...
This paper argues that Africans should view their literature as an autonomous entity separate from a...
In this article, the authors attempt to describe the character of the Ugandan book focusing especial...
The article consists of personal reflections on some changes over the last generation in how the ora...
Accès restreint aux membres de l'Université de Lorraine jusqu'au 2015-12-02Periodicals such as Liais...
The articles of this special issue on “Translating African Thought and Literature” are exploring the...
Abstract Tracing the Borders of a Literary Field: the Case of Africain Literature in English. — The ...
The article consists of personal reflections on some changes over the last generation in how the ora...
This article considers translations of African texts from English to French in the context of recent...
The late South African author Lewis Nkosi described history as a hero in African literature in his c...
“Penser le monde à partir de l’ Afrique” (Mbembe and Sarr) – to think the world from the perspective...
This article dwells on reviews such as Mensagem (Lisbon), Présence Africaine (Dakar and Paris) and B...