TY  - BOOK
AU  - Andindilile,Michael
TI  - The Anglophone literary-linguistic continuum: English and indigenous languages in African literary discourse 
SN  - 9781920033231
AV  - P35.5.A35 A53 2018
KW  - Language and culture
KW  - Literary movements
KW  - English language
KW  - Discourse analysis
KW  - Languages in contact
N2  - "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
ER  -