African Literary NGOs: Power, Politics, and Participation
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), 256 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 215-228, index
ISBN 978-1-349-46253-7 (pbk); 978-1-137-33090-1 (ebook)
"Proposing the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews with contemporary East African writers with an analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies." (Publisher description)
1 “The Landscape Had Not Its Like in All the World”: (East) African Anglophone Writing from the1940so the Late 1990s, 11
2 African Literary NGOs (LINGOs): A Model for African Literary Criticism and Cultural Politics, 21
3 The African Literary Revolution on Our Doorstep? African LINGOs Past and Present, 41
4 Survival of the Fittest: African LINGOs: An Enduring Phenomenon? 69
5 “Tongues on Fire”: The Politics of Being an African Writerin an African LINGO in the Twenty- First Century, 91
6 “Words That Reshape a Country” and Literary Canons? Agency and Narrative, 107
7 Rewriting African Identity, Self, and Place: Civil War and HIV/AIDS in Fiction, 155
8 Conclusions and Future Scenarios of the African LINGO in the Twenty-First Century, 183
2 African Literary NGOs (LINGOs): A Model for African Literary Criticism and Cultural Politics, 21
3 The African Literary Revolution on Our Doorstep? African LINGOs Past and Present, 41
4 Survival of the Fittest: African LINGOs: An Enduring Phenomenon? 69
5 “Tongues on Fire”: The Politics of Being an African Writerin an African LINGO in the Twenty- First Century, 91
6 “Words That Reshape a Country” and Literary Canons? Agency and Narrative, 107
7 Rewriting African Identity, Self, and Place: Civil War and HIV/AIDS in Fiction, 155
8 Conclusions and Future Scenarios of the African LINGO in the Twenty-First Century, 183
