"A very important contribution to the field by an African scholar with a thorough, empathetic command of the field of African feminine writing in French."--Chri
Considering questions of genre and ideology, the author highlights the tension between the individualistic act of writing and the collective tradition of Africa
Rewriting The Return to Africa: Voices of Francophone Caribbean Women Writers examines the ways Guadeloupean women writers Maryse Condé, Simone Schwarz-Bart an
Although the past two decades have seen a wide recognition of the notable fiction written in French by African women, little attention has been given to their e