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SUMMARY:African Literature: Colonialism\, Liberation\, Disillusionment
DESCRIPTION:We will meet for nine more weeks\nThursdays\, February 9 through April 6\, 7:30 to 9:30 pm\nOrganized by Ibrahim Diallo of the Indigenous People’s History and Literature Group \nOnce you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story\, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation. … this is one great thing that literature can do – it can make us identify with situations and people far away. If it does that\, it’s a miracle.   –Chinua Achebe \nWith the reading of novels by Ousmane Sembene (Senegal)\, Tayeb Salih (Sudan)\, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) and Ngugu wa Thiong’o (Kenya)\, we examine four different areas of Africa as the peoples there emerge from European colonization. We witness the struggles of workers on strike before their full independence\, anti-colonial resistance spanning from Mount Kenya to academic circles in London. As nations become independent we discover new and recycled forms of oppression\, exploitation and war. In the midst of disillusionment\, we see resolve and signs of what remains possible. \nLes Bouts de Bois de Dieu (God’s Bits of Wood) considered to be Ousmane Sembene’s masterpiece\, rivaled only by Xala. The novel fictionalizes the real-life story of a railroad strike on the Dakar-Niger line that lasted from 1947 to 1948. Though the charismatic and brilliant union spokesman\, Ibrahima Bakayoko\, is the most central figure\, the novel has no true hero except the community itself\, which bands together in the face of hardship and oppression to assert their rights. \nSeason of Migration to the North (Arabic:  موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال ‎‎ Mawsim al-Hiǧra ilā ash-Shamāl) is a classic post-colonial Sudanese novel by the novelist Tayeb Salih. Salih was fluent in both English and Arabic\, but significantly chose to write this novel in Arabic. The novel is a counter-narrative to Heart of Darkness. It was described by Edward Said as one of the 10 great novels in Arabic literature.  \nPetals of Blood by Ngugu wa Thiong’o The novel largely deals with the skepticism of change after Kenya’s liberation from the British Empire\, questioning to what extent free Kenya merely emulates\, and subsequently perpetuates\, the oppression found during its time as a colony. Other themes include the challenging of capitalism\, politics\, and the effects of westernization.  \nHalf of a Yellow Sun\, a novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\, tells the story of the Biafran War through the perspective of the characters Olanna\, Ugwu\, and Richard. The book jumps between events that took place during the early 1960s and the late 1960s\, when the war took place\, and extends until the end of the war. \nIbrahim Diallo was born in Guinea but has lived in Brooklyn\, New York since his childhood. He has lived\, worked\, studied and/or travelled in nearly a dozen African countries. Ibrahim is one of the initiators of The Indigenous People’s History and Literature Group at The MEP.
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