Tuesday, April 27, 2010

New in Africa - Some great novels written in Africa

In the 20th Century, won independence from colonial powers, many nations, and therefore the effects of colonialism were important issues for writers in Africa.
The work of Mongo Beti in Cameroon, entitled Mission Completed (1957 Mission to Kala, 1958) is the story of a young African, grew up in France and how he suffered the penalty, if he comes home, fit. Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart (1958) describes vividly the impact of European settlers on the African society. Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o in his novels in the river between (1965) and a wheat grain (1967) talks about the Mau Mau rebellion (1952-1956) in which a group of Kikuyu people launched a campaign against the British military government that may not succeed in the fight against Kenya at this point in time.
The legacy of colonialism remained a common theme for novelists, even after most African countries gained independence. In many books, like a walk in the Night (1962) and a string of three son (1964), Alex La Guma discussions on the impact of apartheid on the daily lives of people. JM Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K (1983) presents a terrifying vision of a brutal, brutal South Africa.
Some African novels with an examination of various aspects of the company concerned. Senegalese writer Ousmane Sembene, in the end God's Wood (1960 pieces of wood of God, 1962), a fictional strike by railway workers "1947 and 1948. The novel (1996), considers the economic, political and religious Guelwaar in Africa after independence.
The activities of South Africans as Es'kia Mphahlele The Wanderers (1971) and Bessie Head, A Power (1973) dealt with autobiographical themes of exile. Kenyan writer Grace Ogot in the Promised Land (1966) raises the question of marriage. Some novels like The Joy of Motherhood (1979) and Kehinde (1994), written by the Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta, to monitor the status of women in society.

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