Postdemocracy and Literature in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
Join us on Zoom: https://stolaf.zoom.us/j/98202100114 This presentation explores the sociopolitical changes taking place in Sub-Saharan Africa since the 1990s using examples from Francophone Sub-Saharan African literature. Mamah calls this era "postdemocratic," rather than "democratic," since the vaunted promises of democracy have not been implemented: civil wars, poverty, and massive population displacements have resulted from regimes calling […]