This book offers a new approach to reading the cultural memory of Africa in African American fiction from the post-Civil Rights era and in Black British fiction emerging in the wake of Thatcherism.
Leila Kamali is Lecturer in American and English Literature at King's College London, UK.
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.- 6 ‘Words Without Sound’: Caryl Phillips’s Crossing the River.- 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.
