Parallel Universes and Detonating Words: The Brixton Wonderland of Biyi Bandele's The Street

Abstract

The key proposition of this article is that deep in the guts of the European languages in which many African writers communicate are the echoes of other languages, universes and knowledges, which contest European imperialist power. This is true for writers working from within the African continent but particularly acute for migrants whose multiple universes are lived experience, every day, on the streets of London, New York or Paris.

Journal for the Study of Religion Vol. 19 (2) 2006: pp. 17-40