Landscaping Postcoloniality. : The Dissemination of Cameroon Anglophone Literature.
Title:
Landscaping Postcoloniality. : The Dissemination of Cameroon Anglophone Literature.
Author:
Ashuntantang, B.
ISBN:
9789956715107
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (186 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One - Reversing Babeli: English in Anglophone Cameroon -- Chapter Two - The Dissemination of African Literature and Canon Formation -- Chapter Three - The Book Chain and Anglophone Cameroon Literature -- Chapter Four - Anglophone Cameroon Literature: A Brief Overview -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Works Cited -- Appendix - Anglophone Cameroon Literature: A Comprehensive Bibliography of Primary Texts and Selected Criticism -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
This is a foundational text on the production and dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature. The Republic of Cameroon is a bilingual country with English and French as the official languages. Ashuntantang shows that the pattern of production and dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature is not only framed by the minority status of English and English-speaking Cameroonians within the Republic of Cameroon, but is also a reflection of a postcolonial reality in Africa where mostly African literary texts published by western multi-national corporations are assured wide international accessibility and readership. This book establishes that in spite of these setbacks, Anglophone Cameroon writers have produced a corpus of work that has enriched the genres of prose, poetry and drama, and that these texts deserve a wider readership.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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