Nation-building, propaganda, and literature in francophone Africa
By: Dominic Thomas.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: African literature (French) -- History and criticism.; Nationalism and literature -- Africa, French-speaking.; Politics and literature -- Africa, French-speaking.; Propaganda -- Africa, French-speaking.
Description: The relationship between literature & the state is examined in this discussion of Francophone African literature. Dominic Thomas considers the case of the Congo, where the recent transition to democracy was in part inspired by the works of Sony Labou Tansi, Henri Lopes, & Emmanuel Dongala among others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : engineering history and engineering literature; title: Official writers : the engineers of the Congolese soul; title: Sony Labou Tansi : commitment, oppositionality, and resistance; title: Henri Lopes : collaboration, confession, and testimony; title: Emmanuel Dongala : history, memory, and reconciliation; title: National conferences and media decentralization in francophone Africa.