Postcolonial Agency in African and Diasporic Literature and Film - 9780367336387

Taylor & Francis

Postcolonial Agency in African and Diasporic Literature and FilmA Study in Globalectics\nAuthor(s): Lokangaka Losambe\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367336387, 978-0367336387\nSynopsis\nThis book chronicles the rise and the development of postcolonial agency since Africas encounter with Western modernity through African and African diaspora literature and film. \n\nUsing African and African diasporic imaginaries (creative writings, autobiographies, polemical writings, and filmic media), the author shows how African subjects have resisted enslavement and colonial domination over the past centuries, and how they have sought to reshape \""global modernity\"". Authors and film makers whose works are examined in detail include Olaudah Equiano, Haile Gerima, Amma Asante, George Washington Williams, William Sheppard, Wole Soyinka, Dani Kouyat, Chris Abani, Chimamanda Adichie, and Leila Aboulela.\n\nProviding a critical .