Pre-Colonial Africa in Colonial African Narratives: From Ethiopia Unbound to Things Fall Apart, 1911-1958

By Donald R. Wehrs

Book Overview

Donald Wehrs explores pioneering narrative representations of pre-colonial African history and society in texts by Casely Hayford, Alhaji Sir Abubaker Tafawa Balewa, Paul Hazoum , D.O. Fagunwa, Amos Tutuola, and Chinua Achebe. By highlighting the role of pre-colonial political economies and articulations of state power on colonial-era considerations of ethical and political issues, his book supplements recent work on the importance of indigenous contexts and discourses in situating colonial-era narratives.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754660885
• ISBN13: 9780754660880
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"