The publication of An African Eclipse in 1992 had introduced Chin Ce as a political writer of profound awareness of nation and continental history and, thenceforth, Ce's art was soon to carve its own stamp of identity by his eclectic and interdisciplinary fusion of perspectives which lend his works deeper and wider significance. This book contains scholarly chapters and reviews on the novels and works of Nigerian novelist, poet and critic Chin Ce only as a mild testimony to the wider interest and criticism which recent Nigerian writing might continue to generate among scholars of African...

This exploration of class, feminism, and cultural identity (including issues of race, nation, colonialism, and economic imperialism) focuses on the work of four writers: the Mozambican Mia Couto, the Portuguese JosA(c) Saramago, the Brazilian Clarice Lispector and the South African J. M. Coetzee. Marques argues that these four writers are political in the sense that they bring to the forefront issues pertaining to the power of literature to represent, misrepresent, and debate matter related to different subaltern subjects: the postcolonial subject, the poor subject (the poor other), and the...

"Sometimes I speak roses. I speak in tongues. I entangle myself in language. It's all out of love: to be and dance in the rhythm and the possibility. I hope you are with me." Irene Marques' spiritual coming of age story explores issues of personal and collective identity, mystical and mythical understandings of self, world and universe, gender, race, and class. Amelia embarks on a quest of self-discovery finding personal growth and enlightened awakening along the way.