Africa Writes Back to Self by Evan Mwangi

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Africa Writes Back to Self by Evan Mwangi

Africa Writes Back to Self is a landmark work of African literary criticism that examines how contemporary African novelists — including Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Ben Okri, and others — deploy metafictional techniques to interrogate and reclaim the African literary tradition. Evan Mwangi argues that African writers are not merely responding to Western literary forms but actively constructing a self-aware literary discourse that critiques colonialism, nationalism, and the politics of representation simultaneously. Written with intellectual clarity and genuine passion for African literature, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of African literary studies and postcolonial theory.