Landlines in African Literary Studies

Landlines in African Literary StudiesThe notion of landlines intimates communication, and is a fairly safe bet as far as most of the writing offered here, critical and creative, is concerned. In a way, of course, the metaphor is a rearguard action, and blows up in ones face, as it were, suggesting as it does a system of telephonic communication that is no longer typical of Africa, which is at the forefront of cellphone culture. On the more positive side, it is hoped that landlines evoke

it reveals the overwhelming and painful decisions Black grandmothers must make to ensure the safety and well-being of the next generation

Each entry includes

This study shifts the focus from ideological analysis to practical governance

and class uses diverse viewpoints to craft a powerful story and an unpredictable

Hermann Hesse

Tools and Advice: Charts

organize dissent

poetry slams as political criticism and a social practice in Brazil

The twelve chapters deal with questions like whether everything is true what God knows

Erstmalig wird eine Einführung in die Theorien und Methoden der romanistischen Sprachwissenschaft vorgelegt

welche Rolle in den verschiedenen regna des Frühmittelalters fortbestehende Grundbedingungen spielten

and Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson