num_pages: 258
description: This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation * a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie* wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka has been connected with nationalist agendas.This is a fascinating and important work for all those working on African literature, magical realism, or postcoloniality.
language: English
title: Magical Realism in West African Fiction
titlecomplete: Magical Realism in West African Fiction (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures)
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Routledge