Africa in Brathwaite: The matrix of cultural quest, identity and history as poetic vision

Brathwaite’s invocation and experimental appropriation of ‘nation language’ is a significant mediation that destabilises and de-authorises coloniality, inscribing a new ‘in-betweenness’ that highlights how the subaltern can speak. I argue here that the poet-persona’s minted vocabulary and his re-app...

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Main Author: Muchativugwa L. Hove
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2019-01-01
Series:Literator
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Online Access:https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/1493