ABSTRACT
The article analyzes the situation of writers born after African independence, that is to say, who have not known slavery or colonization, but have experienced dictatorships and are forward looking. However, the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis will be pushed to the extreme dissociation on the continent. For it is clear: there is no African country that is free from its insanity, the conditions that have caused its explosion on the Rwandan hills are met in all African countries. Anyway, we can no longer write in Africa as if the genocide did not take place in Africa.
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† Je n'aurais jamais compris les multiples significations et subtilités historiques, grammaticales et lexicales des mots guhahamuka et guhungabana sans l'aide experte de Jean-Pierre Karegeye, Marie-Odile Godard et Naason Munyandamutsa. Dans leurs échanges spontanés, j'ai redécouvert cela qu'est la générosité intellectuelle.
1. Nuit d'Elie Wiesel
2. Une narration intéressante d'Olaudah Equiano
3. L'alcoolique de vin de palme d'Amos Tutuola
4. Le voix de Gabriel Okara
5. Un chemin au loin partie d'Ishmael Beah
6. Un garçon birman de Biyi Bandele
7. Les chansons pour la nuit d'Abanj
8. « c'est la question »
9. Les années d'enfance de Wole Soyinka
10. Vous devrez partir à l'aube de Wole Soyinka
11. L'homme est mort de Wole Soyinka
12. « La guerre n'est pas mon histoire à raconter, vraiment »
13. « Le monde était silencieux quand nous sommes mort »
14. « Et le monde est resté silencieux »
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Patrice Nganang
Patrice Nganang is a novelist, poet, and essayist. His intellectual work covers scholarly activities, writing, and essayistic interventions. As a scholar, he investigates the diverse ramifications of violence, and he is particularly interested in what is commonly referred to as the “colonial archive” (pictures, books, instruments). Nganang has published and lectured extensively on this topic. He has also published on numerous topics related to postcolonial African literature, theaters, and cultures. He has published several novels, among them Dog Days (U of Virginia P, 2006).