Africa's Narrative Geographies

Dustin Crowley is a Lecturer at the University of Kansas, USA.

• Introduction: Charting a Path for Geocriticism 1. "My Black Land": Senghor's Construction of "Africa" 2. Place and Scale in Ng?g?'s "Universal Garden" 3. Imagining the Global Village: Bessie Head's Narratives of Migration and Boundaries 4. Cosmopolitan Somalia: Place and Identity in Farah's Maps and Links 5. Half Slum, Half Paradise: Abani's Global Cities Conclusion: The Landscape of Geocritical Inquiry: Finding Common Ground for Geocriticism and Ecocriticism

"This book is a valuable contribution to what is being termed the geo-humanities. Crowley combines an erudite understanding of geographers' theorizations of place with a rich, careful reading of both postcolonial studies and key novels from Africa. He breaks new ground in exciting ways in the interstices between geography, comparative world literature, and African studies." - Garth A. Myers, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Urban International Studies, Trinity College, USA "Offering detailed and insightful readings of work by Senghor, Ngugi, Farah, Head, and Abani, Africa's Narrative Geographies is an admirable example of the burgeoning field of geocritical studies, fully validating Crowley's claim that it is 'imperative to think geographically, to be attuned to the dynamics of space, place, and scale.'" - Simon Lewis, Professor of English, College of Charleston, USA