Vol. 58 No. 1 (2021) | Tydskrif vir letterkunde

Introduction: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of East African literature as an academic discipline

Alex Nelungo Wanjala

1-9

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“The mouth that ate itself”: Reflections on Joseph Kamarũ, oral artist extraordinaire

Gĩchingiri Ndĩgĩrĩgĩ

10-17

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Down River Road in contemporary Kenyan popular fiction

Sam Dennis Otieno

18-19

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Remembering the past and reflecting on Kenya’s present

Rebeka Njau, Tom Odhiambo

20-24

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Alienation and estrangement in Dinaw Mengestu’s All Our Names

Ruth Kwamboka Openda

25-34

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Eastern African women writers’ ‘national epics’: A new force in creative fiction?

Annie Gagiano

35-45

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La République Démocratique du Congo: dramaturgies du conflit (idées et formes)

Renata Jakubczuk, Witold Wołowski

46-60

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Teacherly aesthetics: Literature and literacy in Binyavanga Wainaina’s works

Ruth S. Wenske

61-74

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Proximate historiographies in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s Kintu

Russell West-Pavlov

76-85

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African literature, metonymic gaps, and the Gandasation of metropolitan language in Jennifer Makumbi’s Kintu

Emmanuel Adeniyi

86-97

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Speculative fiction and African urban futures: Writing food in Billy Kahora’s edited collection Imagine Africa 500

Doseline Kiguru

98-106

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Churchill Show: Transgressing language codes and upsetting stereotypes

Patrick Chesi Lumasia

107-117

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Imagining the Kenyan Canaan dream journey in cyber space

Kimingichi Wabende

118-126

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Metatextualities in the Kenyan Swahili novel: A case study reading of Kyallo Wamitila’s Dharau ya Ini

Lutz Diegner

127-138

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(East) African postcolonial ecocriticism: Revisiting Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Prisoner

Alex Nelungo Wanjala

139-157

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Distinguishing between ontology and ‘decolonisation as praxis’

Siseko H. Kumalo

162-168

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RESENSIES / REVIEWS

Wafula Yenjela

171-173

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Nature, Environment, and Activism in Nigerian Literature

Sule E. Egya

171-172

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Frottage: Frictions of Intimacy across the Black Diaspora

Gibson Ncube

172-174

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Post-Apartheid Same-Sex Sexualities: Restless Identities in Literary and Visual Culture

Grant Andrews

174-175

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Innie Shadows

Earl Basson

175-177

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Dol heuning

Bibi Burger

177-178

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And Wrote My Story Anyway: Black South African Women’s Novels as Feminism

Grace A. Musila

178-180

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Botswana Women Write

Legakwana Leo Makgekgenenene

181-182

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Malibongwe

Athambile Masola

183-184

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Transcendent Kingdom

Dina Yerima

183-185

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Uit die kroes

Ronelda Sonnet Kamfer

184-185

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Pienk ceramic-hondjies

Danie Marais

185-187

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Everything is a Deathly Flower

Mbali Sebokedi

187-188

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Fool’s Gold: Selected Modjaji Short Stories

Nonki Motahane

188-190

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Will, the Passenger Delaying Flight ….

Yuan-Chih (Sreddy) Yen

190-191

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Aanspreeklikheid

Chantelle Gray

191-192

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’n Hart is so groot soos ’n vuis

Adean van Dyk

192-194

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Ek is Hendrik Witbooi

Tycho Maas

194-195

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Articles

Introduction: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of East African literature as an academic discipline

“The mouth that ate itself”: Reflections on Joseph Kamarũ, oral artist extraordinaire

Down River Road in contemporary Kenyan popular fiction

Remembering the past and reflecting on Kenya’s present

Alienation and estrangement in Dinaw Mengestu’s All Our Names

Eastern African women writers’ ‘national epics’: A new force in creative fiction?

La République Démocratique du Congo: dramaturgies du conflit (idées et formes)

Teacherly aesthetics: Literature and literacy in Binyavanga Wainaina’s works

Proximate historiographies in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s Kintu

African literature, metonymic gaps, and the Gandasation of metropolitan language in Jennifer Makumbi’s Kintu

Speculative fiction and African urban futures: Writing food in Billy Kahora’s edited collection Imagine Africa 500

Churchill Show: Transgressing language codes and upsetting stereotypes

Imagining the Kenyan Canaan dream journey in cyber space

Metatextualities in the Kenyan Swahili novel: A case study reading of Kyallo Wamitila’s Dharau ya Ini

(East) African postcolonial ecocriticism: Revisiting Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Prisoner

Distinguishing between ontology and ‘decolonisation as praxis’

RESENSIES / REVIEWS

Nature, Environment, and Activism in Nigerian Literature

Frottage: Frictions of Intimacy across the Black Diaspora

Post-Apartheid Same-Sex Sexualities: Restless Identities in Literary and Visual Culture

Innie Shadows

Dol heuning

And Wrote My Story Anyway: Black South African Women’s Novels as Feminism

Botswana Women Write

Malibongwe

Transcendent Kingdom

Uit die kroes

Pienk ceramic-hondjies

Everything is a Deathly Flower

Fool’s Gold: Selected Modjaji Short Stories

Will, the Passenger Delaying Flight ….

Aanspreeklikheid

’n Hart is so groot soos ’n vuis

Ek is Hendrik Witbooi

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