Juju fission : women's alternative fictions from the Sahara, the Kalahari, and the oases in-between / Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi.

Author/creator Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2007.
Descriptionix, 317 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Saʻdāwī, Nawāl--Criticism and interpretation.
African fiction (English)--Women authors. --History and criticism.
African fiction (French)--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Women and literature--Africa. --History. --20th century.
Women in literature.
Africa--In literature.

SeriesSociety and politics in Africa ; v. 18, 1083-3323 ;
Society and politics in Africa ; v. 18. ^A698949
Contents Serendipitous discoveries: the subaltern speaks, African women's writing; -- Voicing from Zimbabwe to Algeria: the office and science of juju -- The state of the African union address: a juju ambiance, the tete-a-tete, and the mimetic -- What the fairy godmother said to the prince: Bessie Head's Maru -- Rumble from the womb of the prison: Nawal el Saadawi's Woman at point zero -- The mouth unbound: a thousand and one African days and nights: Ama Ata Aidoo's Our sister killjoy or Reflections from a black-eyed squint and Changes -- Talking sister, silenced subaltern: Assia Djebar's A sister to Scheherazade -- "Lunatic writing"; the speaking space between the present and the future: Calixthe Beyala's The sun hath looked upon me -- Echoes of a recent past: Yvonne Vera's Nehanda.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.
LCCN 2007020740
ISBN9781433100895 (cb : alk. paper)
ISBN1433100894 (cb : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR 9344 .O36 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold