LEADER 03731nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910963302503321 005 20251117084728.0 010 $a9781912234714 010 $a1912234718 035 $a(CKB)2670000000240986 035 $a(EBL)3111134 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3111134 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3111134 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10594016 035 $a(OCoLC)811407948 035 $a(Perlego)1304438 035 $a(BIP)30582595 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000240986 100 $a20120905d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aWriters, writing on conflicts and wars in Africa /$fedited by Okey Ndibe and Chenjerai Hove 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cAdonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd.$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781906704537 311 08$a1906704538 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Writing, telling and drawing -- pt. 2. Reflections and conversations. 330 $aMany African countries are caught up in perennial or recurrent political conflicts that often culminate in devastating wars. These flaring conflicts and wars create harrowing economic hardships, dire refugee problems, and sustain a sense of despair in such countries. By their nature, these conflicts and wars affect writers in profound and sometimes paradoxical ways. On the one hand, literature-whether fiction, poetry, drama, or even memoirs-is animated by conflict. On the other hand, the sense of dislocation as well as the humanitarian crises unleashed by wars and other kinds of conflicts also constitute grave impediments to artistic exploration and literary expression. Writers and artists are frequently in the frontline of resistance to the kinds of injustices and abuses that precipitate wars and conflicts. Consequently, they are often detained, exiled, and even killed either by agents of state terror or by one faction or another in the tussle for state control. Writers, Writing Conflicts and Wars in Africa is a collection of testimonies by various writers and scholars who have experienced, or explored, the continent's conflicts and woes, including how the disruptions shape artistic and literary production. The book is divided into two broad categories: in one, several writers speak directly, and with rich anecdotal details about the impact wars and conflicts have had in the formation of their experience and work; in the second, a number of scholars articulate how particular writers have assimilated the horrors of wars and conflicts in their literary creations. The result is an invaluable harvest of reflections and perspectives that open the window into an essential, but until now sadly unexplored, facet of the cultural and political experience of African writers. The broad scope of this collection-covering Darfur, the Congolese crisis, Biafra, Zimbabwe, South Africa, among others-is complemented by a certain buoyancy of spirit that runs through most of the essays and anecdotes. 606 $aWar and literature$zAfrica 606 $aWar in literature 606 $aAfrican literature 615 0$aWar and literature 615 0$aWar in literature. 615 0$aAfrican literature. 676 $a820.9968 701 $aNdibe$b Okey$01805319 701 $aHove$b Chenjerai$0657663 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963302503321 996 $aWriters, writing on conflicts and wars in Africa$94353829 997 $aUNINA