Silence and Silencing in Selected African Novels: Power Dynamics and Transformative Voices

Through literary analysis, this book examines how African writers address silence and oppression in novels and poetry.

Silence and Silencing in Selected African Novels: Power Dynamics and Transformative Voices by Oumar Chérif Diop explores representations of rhetorical, sociocultural, and gendered silence and silencing within selected African literature. He examines how African writers deconstruct normative discourses and use aesthetic forms and narrative techniques to confront silencing sy...