{"product_id":"alt-44-african-writing-in-the-21st-century","title":"ALT 44: African Writing in the 21st Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat is the state of African creative fiction, African publishing, and African literary criticism in the first decades of the twenty-first century?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume focusses on the nature and message of contemporary African imaginative creativity, examining literary works, narrative techniques, and innovations, as well as the nature and state of the criticism applied in analysis and interpretation. Inspired by Chinua Achebe''s view of contemporary African Literature as a balance of stories between Africa and the West, contributors reflect on how writers have responded to this vision and moved the narrative of the continent forward into the arena of world literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArticles on \u003c\/b\u003eAfrican Writing in the 21st Century: Medium \u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003eas\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Message \/ New Landscapes of Otherness in Chika Unigwe''s \u003ci\u003eBetter Never than Late\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Postcolonial Hospitality in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie''s \u003ci\u003ePurple Hibiscus\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Pollution Make the Air Turn Black: Eco-Consciousness in Burna Boy''s ''Whisky'' and \u003ci\u003eThe Black River: Whiskey Documentary\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Masculinities, Complicity, and Balance in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie''s \u003ci\u003eAmericanah\u003c\/i\u003e \/ The African Grieving Story vs the European Grieving Framework: Yaa Gyasi''s \u003ci\u003eTranscendent Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e Meets the Kubler-Ross Model \/ Quilting the Narrative of New Black Feminism: Reinventing Feminism with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57509977948533,"sku":"9781847014801","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/alt-44-african-writing-in-the-21st-century","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}