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200 10$aNation-building, propaganda, and literature in Francophone Africa$b[electronic resource] /$fDominic Thomas
210   $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2002
215   $a1 online resource (294 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-254) and index.
327   $aIntroduction: 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.
330   $a 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 Do
606   $aAfrican literature (French)$xHistory and criticism
606   $aNationalism and literature$zAfrica, French-speaking
606   $aPolitics and literature$zAfrica, French-speaking
606   $aPropaganda$zAfrica, French-speaking
615  0$aAfrican literature (French)$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aNationalism and literature
615  0$aPolitics and literature
615  0$aPropaganda
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