Scars of Conquest/masks of Resistance

Scars of Conquest/masks of Resistance
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9780195094053
ISBN-13 : 0195094050
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Download or read book Scars of Conquest/masks of Resistance written by Tejumola Olaniyan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining in detail the dramas of Baraka, Soyinka, Walcott and Shange, this study describes how these black writers are preoccupied with the invention of a postimperial cultural identity. It charts the foundations of an important aesthetic form, the drama of the African diaspora.


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