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No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.  \nNo portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS.  \nAny person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.  \nThe author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nFirst published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN  \nPalgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS.  \nPalgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.  \nPalgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world.  \nPalgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.  \nISBN 978-1-349-47828-6 ISBN 978-1-137-37833-0 (eBook) DOI 10. 1057/9781137378330  \nThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India.  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements vi  \nIntroduction: Writing Africa in a Global Marketplace 1  \n1 Ethics, Conflict and Re(-)presentation 17  \n2 Race, Class and Performativity 39  \n3 Gender and Representing the Unrepresentable 67  \n4 Mythopoetics and Cultural Re-Creation 96  \n5 Global African Literature: Strategies of Address  \nand Cultural Constraints 130  \nConclusion: Writing Africa’s Futures? 164  \nNotes 173  \nBibliography 199  \nIndex 216  \nAcknowledgements  \nThis project began as an idea which came at the end of my doctoral studies and has since developed across three institutions and with the generous input of countless colleagues, friends and practitioners working in African literary studies and postcolonial studies, more broadly. I am grateful to Máire Ní Fhlathúin who, while acting as my doctoral supervisor in the School of English at the University of Nottingham, was both a sage advisor and meticulous reader of the papers and presentations which formed the earliest kernels of this study. I owe Máire a particular debt of gratitude for encouraging me to think beyond the literary text to the circuits of production which define its appearance in the world and for her encouragement in the development of my academic career. Equally, I would be remiss not to acknowledge my doctoral examiners, Matthew Green, at the University of Nottingham, and Patrick Williams, at Nottingham Trent University, for their insightful comments on my work, ideas for future avenues of inquiry and continued support.  \nThis monograph was largely drafted and revised while I spenta year working in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University. I am enormously grateful to all of my colleagues in the School for the warm and convivial atmosphere in which this book was written. 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