The Cultural Memory of Africa in African American and Black British Fiction, 1970-2000: Specters of the Shore (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137584854)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 'Drumbeats From The Aeons': Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo

3 'Solomon's Leap': Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon

4 'Worse Than Unwelcome': Alice Walker's The Color Purple

5 'Something About The Silence': John Edgar Wideman's Philadelphia Fire

7 'Circular Talk': S.I. Martin's Incomparable World

8 'Awakening to the Singing': Bernardine Evaristo's Lara

9 'I Can Change Memory': David Dabydeen's A Harlot's Progress

10 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index