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Indigeneity, Globalization, and African LiteratureHomecoming: African Literature and Human Development

Indigeneity, Globalization, and African Literature: Homecoming: African Literature and Human... [Literature has a place in the society and culture in which and for which it is produced. Writers can be public intellectuals who address the sociopolitical happenings around them. Even introspective writings on deeply personal topics may be political in their interrogation of the human condition. For a literary artist to set works in a society, culture, or environment and to not help raise the consciousness of the people about their problems is unconscionable. There needs to be a “homecoming” so as to make literature matter in our societies and cultures, more so because of the developing nation and continent we live in or belong to. Writers should re-establish themselves as a uniquely imaginative, activist, and alternative voice in a country with so many problems. This means they should respond to the reality that the place and moment require of them as writers to act in a constructive manner.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Indigeneity, Globalization, and African LiteratureHomecoming: African Literature and Human Development

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© Tanure Ojaide 2015
ISBN
978-1-137-54220-5
Pages
43 –54
DOI
10.1057/9781137560032_3
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Abstract

[Literature has a place in the society and culture in which and for which it is produced. Writers can be public intellectuals who address the sociopolitical happenings around them. Even introspective writings on deeply personal topics may be political in their interrogation of the human condition. For a literary artist to set works in a society, culture, or environment and to not help raise the consciousness of the people about their problems is unconscionable. There needs to be a “homecoming” so as to make literature matter in our societies and cultures, more so because of the developing nation and continent we live in or belong to. Writers should re-establish themselves as a uniquely imaginative, activist, and alternative voice in a country with so many problems. This means they should respond to the reality that the place and moment require of them as writers to act in a constructive manner.]

Published: Dec 16, 2015

Keywords: Human Development; Literary Work; Child Soldier; Public Intellectual; Literary Creation

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