Magical Realism in Africa

Literary and Dramatic Explorations

By: Sarali Gintsburg (Editor), Kenneth Usongo (Editor)

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Hardcover | 14 October 2024

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196 Pages

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Magical realism has deep roots across many African languages and regions. This book explores African magical realism from a transregional and inclusive approach, drawing on contributions from different literary genres across the continent.

The chapters in the book constitute a sustained and insightful reflection on the salient components of this literary genre as well as evaluating its connections to themes of conflict, violence, women's rights, trauma, oppression, culture, governance, and connecting to the African self. As well as theorizing magical realism, the book engages with African expressive performance across various formats, novels, plays, and films. The book investigates African magical realism through from its origins up to the present day, where local oral traditions link indigenous cosmogonic stories with Western literature, as well as with the specific narrative traditions of Arabo-Islamic literature. The rich analysis draws on works from across the continent, including Egypt, Sudan, Mauritania, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, and Mozambique.

This book is a timely contribution to debates within African literature, cultural anthropology, ethnography, and folklore.

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Africa was literary. Africa is now literature. Magical!

Gonzalo Fernandez Parrilla, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, author of Al sur de Tanger

This work adds to the mature and growing analyses of Africa's great literary tradition. Every student of global literature and/or African Studies should add it to their library.

Douglas Thomas, Associate Professor and Chair African and African American Studies, State University of New York at Brockport

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