Contesting the African Public Sphere

ISBN-13: 9786139847532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 76 str.

Mary Stella Chika Okolo

Opis

Contesting the African Public Sphere combines the exposition, critical analysis and reconstruction of philosophy and the imaginary exploration of literature in an attempt to map out, understand and render a comprehensive notion of the African public sphere. In effect, the study is interested in the dialogue between philosophy and literature and the crucial role their united effort can play in achieving social transformation and advancing African self-understanding. Contesting the African Public Sphere looks in particular at Ngugi wa Thiong's Wizard of the Crow but also extends to other literary works by African writers (such as Chinua Achebe, Peter Abrahams, Wole Soyinka) that convey significant portions of the African experience with special interest in the character of the African public sphere.

O autorze

Okolo, Mary Stella Chika
MSC Okolo is the recipient of CODESRIA Doctoral Prize for Africa in 2005, and the author of African Literature as Political Philosophy, Gates of Dawn and Memoirs of an Exiled Girl. A creative writer and scholar, Okolo's research interests include African literature, political philosophy, and African identity as well as language.