Open AccessTwo favourite themes in Nigérien literature
Author(s) -
Abdoul-Aziz Issa Daouda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
tydskrif vir letterkunde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9070
pISSN - 0041-476X
DOI - 10.4314/tvl.v42i2.29709
Subject(s) - disenchantment , emigration , famine , independence (probability theory) , politics , criticism , originality , history , favourite , colonialism , sociology , political science , social science , law , archaeology , qualitative research , statistics , mathematics
Critics tend to generalise in their analysis of African literature by presenting it from two main angles: anti-colonial literature and the literature of disenchantment focused on a criticism of the political regimes that came out of independence. However, not only did Nigérien literature emerge after independence, but writers from Niger tend to emphasise certain themes addressing practical concerns that are specific to their community; they do not focus on political satire per se. Hence, Niger’s novelists pay attention to essential themes like drought and famine, rural exodus and emigration. Such themes, while constituting the originality of their writing, unfortunately also preclude the usual generalisations of which critics are so enamoured. Key words: Key words: Nigérien novel,drought, famine, rural exodus / migration, emigration