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Francophone literature is literature written in the French language. The existence of a plurality of literatures in the French language has been recognised, although the autonomy of these literatures is less defined than the plurality of literatures written in the English language.
Négritude (from French "nègre" and "-itude" to denote a condition that can be translated as "Blackness") is a framework of critique and literary theory, mainly developed by francophone intellectuals, writers, and politicians in the African diaspora during the 1930s, aimed at raising and cultivating "black consciousness" across Africa and its diaspora.
Frantz Omar Fanon was born on 20 July 1925 in Fort-de-France, Martinique, which was then part of the French colonial empire.His father, Félix Casimir Fanon, worked as a customs officer, while Fanon's mother, Eléanore Médélice, who was of Afro-Caribbean and Alsatian descent, was a shopkeeper. [17]
Birago Diop (11 December 1906 – 25 November 1989) [1] to a wolof family was a Senegalese poet and storyteller whose work restored general interest in African folktales and promoted him to one of the most outstanding African francophone writers. [2]
Two major Francophone women writers, Assia Djébar and Leïla Sebbar: a thematic study of their works. Francophone cultures and literatures, v. 5. New York: P. Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-2635-8; Mortimer, Mildred (1988). 'Language and space in the fiction of Assua Djebar and Leila Sebbar', Research in African Literatures 19 (fall 1988), 301-11
Diaspora literacy is a phrase coined by literary scholar Vévé Clark in her work "Developing Diaspora Literacy and Marasa Consciousness" (Spillers:1991, 40–60).It is the ability to understand and/or interpret the multi-layered meanings of stories, words, and other folk sayings within any given community of the African diaspora.
He was professor of French, Francophone Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2000 to 2013. [1] Since 2013, [1] he has the Madeleine L. Letessier Professor at UCLA, where he is also the chair of the Department of French and Francophone Studies. [3] He is the author and editor of several ...
Algerian literature has been influenced by many cultures, including the ancient Romans, Arabs, French, Spanish, and Berbers. The dominant languages in Algerian literature are French and Arabic . Modern notable Algerian writers include Kateb Yacine , Rachid Mimouni , Mouloud Mammeri , Mouloud Feraoun , Assia Djebar and Mohammed Dib .