01527cam a22001695i 4500008004100000020001800041100002600059245013900085250001900224300002100243520095400264650002501218650002301243650004201266650002501308050002401333190629s2018    sa            000 0 eng    a97819200332311 aAndindilile, Michael,14aThe Anglophone literary-linguistic continuum :bEnglish and indigenous languages in African literary discourse /cMichael Andindilile.  aFirst edition.  axiv, 152 pages ;  a"Interrogates Obi Wali's (1963) prophecy that continued use of former colonial languages in the production of African literature could only lead to 'sterility', as African literatures can only be written in indigenous African languages. In doing so, Andindilile critically examines selected of novels of Achebe of Nigeria, Ngäugäi of Kenya, Gordimer of South Africa and Farah of Somalia and shows that, when we pay close attention to what these authors represent about their African societies, and the way they integrate African languages, values, beliefs and cultures, we can discover what constitutes the Anglophone African literary-linguistic continuum. This continuum can be defined as variations in the literary usage of English in African literary discourse, with the language serving as the base to which writers add variations inspired by indigenous languages, beliefs, cultures and, sometimes, nation-specific experiences."--Back cover. 0aLanguage and culture 0aLiterary movements 0aEnglish languagexDiscourse analysis. 0aLanguages in contact00aP35.5.A35bA53 2018