03151nam 2200685Ia 450 991045750630332120200520144314.00-253-10954-X0-253-10644-31-282-06308-19786612063084(CKB)1000000000362432(EBL)138209(OCoLC)56672652(SSID)ssj0000208440(PQKBManifestationID)11189669(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208440(PQKBWorkID)10243855(PQKB)10157654(MiAaPQ)EBC138209(OCoLC)51273599(MdBmJHUP)muse16881(Au-PeEL)EBL138209(CaPaEBR)ebr10018382(CaONFJC)MIL206308(EXLCZ)99100000000036243220020311d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNation-building, propaganda, and literature in Francophone Africa[electronic resource] /Dominic ThomasBloomington Indiana University Pressc20021 online resource (294 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34157-4 0-253-21554-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-254) and index.Introduction: engineering history and engineering literature -- Official writers: the engineers of the Congolese soul -- Sony Labou Tansi: commitment, oppositionality, and resistance -- Henri Lopes: collaboration, confession, and testimony -- Emmanuel Dongala: history, memory, and reconciliation -- National conferences and media decentralization in Francophone Africa. What characterizes the relationship between literature and the state? Should literature serve the needs of the state by constructing national consciousness, espousing state propaganda, and molding good citizens. Or should it be dedicated to a different kind of creative social endeavor? In this important book about literature and the politics of nation-building, Dominic Thomas assesses the contributions of Francophone African writers whose works have played a key role in the recent transition to democracy in the Congo. Exploring the works of Sony Labou Tansi, Henri Lopes, and Emmananuel DoAfrican literature (French)History and criticismNationalism and literatureAfrica, French-speakingPolitics and literatureAfrica, French-speakingPropagandaAfrica, French-speakingElectronic books.African literature (French)History and criticism.Nationalism and literaturePolitics and literaturePropaganda809.896840.9/358/096Thomas Dominic Richard David850733MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457506303321Nation-building, propaganda, and literature in Francophone Africa1932272UNINA01682oas 2200637 a 450 991014380170332120260218110846.0(DE-599)ZDB2117607-3(OCoLC)49571218(CONSER) 2002252846(CKB)991042723494486(DE-599)2117607-3(EXLCZ)9999104272349448620020412a19969999 sy engurmnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAccord an international review of peace initiativesLondon, U.K. Conciliation Resources1996-Each issue also has a distinctive title.Title from journal home page (viewed June 11, 2002).1365-0742 International review of peace initiativesPeacePeriodicalsPeace movementsPeriodicalsPeacefast(OCoLC)fst01055758Peace movementsfast(OCoLC)fst01055858Periodicals.fastPeacePeace movementsPeace.Peace movements.Conciliation Resources (Organization)ZCUZCUWAUOCLCQEEMDOSUKMGBOCLCQOCLCFOCLCOOCLCQOCLCOOCLCQVT2OCLCOOCLCQOCLCLJOURNAL9910143801703321Accord2040582UNINA