Through an analysis of works by Francophone and Anglophone sub-Saharan female writers (Mariama Bâ, Ken Bugul, Ntyugwetondo Angèle Rawiri and Ama Ata Aidoo), I examine the various narrative strategies elaborated by African women authors to resist binary oppositions, and to advoca…
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The central assumption of this study is that the awareness of a historically constructed, culturally sanctioned condition of subalternity is at the heart of the fictional production of Francophone African women writers. Subalternity here is viewed as a narrative and spatial cont…
Despite 40 years of independence, Africa is still synonymous with failed development. This work's hypothesis is that dominance-dependence hindered the sustainable development of Africa. European powers, such as France and Britain, expanded their empire to Africa in order to gain…
Based on the reading and analysis of two novels, Valentin Yves Mudimbe's Entre les eaux (1973), and Justine Mintsa's Histoire d'Awu (2000), and a film by Ousmane Sembene, Guelwaar (1993), I analyze various depictions and symbolism pertinent to mourning rituals after a father's d…