Rethinking Memory in Valerie Cuthbert's The Great Siege of Fort JesusFootnote

¹This paper was first presented as “Rethinking Memory in Valerie Cuthbert's The Great Siege of Fort Jesus” at the Researching African Literatures Conference, Pwani University, in Kilifi, Kenya, 11–13 December 2014.

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