"A very important contribution to the field by an African scholar with a thorough, empathetic command of the field of African feminine writing in French."--Chri

Considering questions of genre and ideology, the author highlights the tension between the individualistic act of writing and the collective tradition of Africa

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 e

By looking at engagée literature from the recent past, when the francophone African writer was implicitly seen as imparted with a mission, to the present, when

Key text never before in English by central figure of the Negritude movement.