This single-author critical study, in English, of French-speaking African women, examines novels and autobiographies by nine writers, all published since 1975. The analysis covers three major aspects of their writings: autobiography; women and the family; and linkage with problems of society.
Although the past two decades have seen a wide recognition of the notable fiction written in French by African women, little attention has been given to their equally significant poetry. "A Rain of Words" is the first comprehensive attempt to survey the poetic production of these women, collecting work by forty-seven poets from a dozen francophone ...
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