![]() Yet these scars have also inspired local artists, especially writers, to reappropriate their ancestral heritage. This colonial heritage has had clear and persistent consequences for the people of these countries, who bear the scars of a painful process of cultural and religious deculturation. Their authors hail from Senegal, Togo, Congo, and Cameroon, four countries that share the experience of French colonial rule, that still use French as an official language, and that gained their independence from France in 1960-although they still remain bound to the metropole in a neocolonial relationship that the media have dubbed ‘ la Françafrique.’Įarlier you noted that these books are united by the idea of a quest for identity. The five books I’m recommending reflect both the cultural diversity of Africa and the political and intellectual engagement of its most talented authors. Can you tell us a little about the cultural links between these countries? You’ve selected five recent novels from Francophone Africa to recommend. ![]()
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