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Introduction to Contemporary African Literature: A Course Handbook

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 Fouad Mami is an Associate Professor (Maître
de Conference, Class A) at the University of
Ahmed Draia, Adrar (Algeria). He graduated

Introduction to Contemporary African Literature

with a doctorate from the Department of En-
glish, University of Algiers in 2010. His academic
works have been featured in Amerikastudien/
American Studies, Postcolonial Interventions;
Cadernos de Estudos Africanos and other, no less prestigious outlets.
The present volume, Introduction to Contemporary African Literature,
relates to the need to shift critical attention and reconsider the can-
on called African Literature. The classical themes of African literature
were narratives of authentic cultures and the fight against colonial oc-
cupations, together with early encounters with nascent nationalism.
More recent concerns, however, are the consequences from state-fail-
ures, endemic corruption, dictatorships and illegal migration scenarios.

Introduction to
Considered as an effort to highlight these questions in recent African
literature, the book features and examines the literary outputs of four
African Anglophone writers: two from the Maghreb (Laila Lalami from

Contemporary
Morocco and Belkacem Meghzouchene from Algeria) and two from
West Africa (both from Nigeria, Sefi Atta and Chimamanda Ngozi Adi-
chie). The four, Dr. Mami claims, are burgeoning new voices, telling a

African
transnational narrative and exploring global forces, both at the level of
themes and techniques. In short, the author reads the contributions of
these prolific writers as social commentary regarding the way present

Literature
ugly realities are logical follow-ups from the misuse of power following
political independence, not only the legacy of colonial occupation and
trans-Atlantic slavery. In addition, the book interjects its commentaries
with several essay- and paragraph-related questions, theoretical con-
textualization, useful tips on essay writing and other required guidance
for passing exams and writing exceptional term papers. In following
the recommendations inside, Master students of literature will be less
lost and even become savvy in respect to the expectations that their
transition from Licence to Master level entails. A Course Handbook
Inside this volume you find Fouad Mami
Outline of lectures, expansion on arguments and writing
Fouad Mami

expectations from a literature class.

- Elaborations on the connection between writing and
thinking and how both matter for a successful experience
in a literature class.
- Samples from essay questions.
- A display on how theory helps in responding professionally
to essay questions in Master Classes.

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ISBN: 978-9947-997-31-4
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