The Post-colonial Literature of Lusophone Africa

Download or read book The Post-colonial Literature of Lusophone Africa written by Patrick Chabal and published by C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS. This book was released on 1996 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the Portuguese and crioulo literatures of the five African Portuguese-speaking countries: Angola; Cape Verde; Guinea Bissau; Mozambique; and Sao Tome and Principe. It offers an introduction to the cultural and historical context within which literature developed in Lusophone Africa, as well as a discussion of the prose and poetry published by the writers from these five countries since independence. As such, the volume is intended not only as a textbook for the student of the literatures of the five Lusophone countries, but also as a cultural and intellectual foundation for the specialist reader with an interest in the former Portuguese colonial empire.