Journeys Through the French African NovelMildred Mortimer questions the preeminence of outer and inner voyages in the francophone African novel. Rooted in both African oral tradition and the European novel, the journey motif not only reflects cultural blending but also African experiences of migration, exploration, and conquest. |
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Introduction | 1 |
From the Colonialist to the African Novel | 17 |
Cultural Conflict During the 1950s and 1960s | 41 |
Copyright | |
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African fiction African literature African novel Aïssatou Algerian ambiguous Arabic Assia Djebar avait Bâ's Bakayoko baobab Beti bois de Dieu Bouts de bois Bugul c'est Camara Laye Cheikh Hamidou Kane Christ de Bomba colonial school colonialist Conrad contrast cultural Dakar Dalila death Denis depicts desert Djebar enclosure European experience Fama Fama's fantasia Father Drumont Fatima femme francophone francophone African griot Hajila harem Heart of Darkness important initiation Isma itinerary journey motif Kane Kateb Yacine Ken Bugul Ken's Kourouma Kurtz L'Aventure ambiguë L'Enfant noir Lakhdar language Laye's Maghrebian Malinké Mammeri Mariama Bâ Marlow mère Modou Mokhtar Mongo Mongo Beti mother Mouloud Mouloud Mammeri Mourad narrator Nedjma novelist oral narrative oral tradition Ousmane Sembène Paris patriarchy Pauvre Christ political prison protagonist public space Rachid Ramatoulaye reader role Sahara Samba Samba Diallo Sebbar self-understanding Sembène Sembène's Senegalese Shérazade Shérazade's society spiritual Thierno Thiès tout transformation village woman women writing