Islam and the West African Novel

Islam and the West African Novel

The Politics of Representation

by Ahmed S. Bangura

171 pages· 2000· ISBN 9780894108631
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Ahmed Bangura argues that an ingrained pattern of prejudice toward Islam in European-language writing on Africa has led to misreadings of West African novels. He traces the origins of these misunderstandings and offers a framework for the study of West African novels with an Islamic subtext.

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