Posts Tagged: African Identity

The PSA Newsletter #33, “The Decolonial Caribbean”, challenges colonial mindsets, past and ongoing, as well as bringing to the fore Caribbean indigenous and marginalized groups’ ways of being. As always, we hope to foster informed, wide-ranging, and respectful debates on the topic on focus, and more in general in the field of postcolonial studies, by sharing original contribution, book reviews, and conference reports by colleagues from across the world. The Newsletter opens with one original contribution by Clément Laurelli, who discussesthe essay ... Read more

The PSA Newsletter #32 explores and reflects on the ways in which postcolonial and indigenous authors “reinvent the enemy’s language” by appropriating Western literary traditions – whether in format or in content – in order to challenge mainstream Western perspectives, expose colonial legacies, and bring to the fore their ontologies and cultural practices. The newsletter opens with five original contributions. Caitlin H. Cronin explores the ways in which Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie challenges traditionally Western formats such as the bildungsroman and the language of ... Read more

The PSA Newsletter #31 focuses on the theme “Exploring/ Expanding/ Challenging the Postcolonial Canon”, which will invite readers to ask crucial questions about both the limits of the label “postcolonial” and the criteria that determine a literary work as part of the “canon” of postcolonial literature. Following a letter to the Association’s members with updates from the PSA’s Executive Committee, the issue continues with eight original contributions. Aminat Emma Badmus opens the newsletter with an exploration of Akwaeke Emezi’s Dear Senthuran: ... Read more