Rodney, Cabral and Ngugi as guides to African post-colonial literature

Michigan Citizen | August 3, 2002| | Copyright

Omoregle, F.K.
Michigan Citizen
08-03-2002
Walter Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Amilcar Cabral's National
Liberation and Struggle, and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's "Writing Against
Neocolonialism" reveal the political, economic, and social circumstances
that formed the sensibility of most African writers. Thus, they illuminate
the various types of mentalities or ideologies that inform African
literature. In addition, these works help the reader determine if a
novelist's portrayal of African society fully reflects its social
relations, political arrangements, and economic factors. These critical
...

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