Life Writings, Autobiographical Subjects: Exploring Colonial Narratives and Anti-Memory in African Freedom Fighters' Texts

This article attempts to give voice to freedom fighters who died during the struggle for independence in Africa. Due to their untimely deaths, they could not self-narrate their encounters with colonial subjectivity. Taking cues from Patrice Lumumba and Steve Biko, it argues that the unlikely documen...

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Published in:	English studies Vol. 103; no. 2; pp. 338 - 360
Main Author:	Adeniyi, Emmanuel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Lisse Routledge 17.02.2022 Swets & Zeitlinger bv
Subjects:	African literature Apartheid South Africa Autobiographies Belgian Congo Biko, Stephen Colonialism Independence movements King Leopold II Literary criticism Lumumba, Guy Patrice Narratives Nationalism Nelson Mandela Patrice Lumumba Postcolonial autobiography Steve Biko
ISSN:	0013-838X, 1744-4217
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