Simon Gikandi is Robert Schirmer Professor of English at Princeton University. His previous books include Slavery and the Culture of Taste (2011), Ngugi wa Thiong'o (2004), Writing in Limbo: Modernism and Caribbean Literature (1992), and Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialism (1996),. He is also the editor of The Encyclopedia of African Literature (2009) and was editor of PMLA, the official journal of the Modern Languages Association (MLA), from 2011-2016.

• Acknowledgements List of Contributors General Editor's Preface Introduction Editorial Note Part I: The Institution of the Novel in Africa and the Carribean 1. The Reinvention of the Novel in Africa Simon Gikandi and Maurice Vambe 2. Cultures of Print in the Caribbean Gail Low 3. The Novel and Decolonization in Africa Mpalive-Hangson Msiska 4. The Novel and Decolonization in the Caribbean Supriya Nair Part II: Geographies of the Novel 5. The Novel in African Languages Alena Rettovà 6. Expatriate Writers Simon Lewis 7. The City and the Village: Geographies of Fiction in Africa Jennifer Wenzel 8. Geographies of Migration in the Caribbean J. Dillon Brown PART III. The Novel and Cultural Politics 9. Women Novelists in Africa and the Caribbean Elaine Savory 10. Gender and Sexuality in Caribbean Fiction Alison Donnell 11. Gender and Sexuality and Africa Fiction Brenna Munro 12. The Novel and Apartheid Andrew van der Vlies 13. The Novel and Human Rights Joseph Slaughter Part IV: The Novel, Orality, and Popular Culture 14. Popular Fiction in Africa and the Caribbean Jane Bryce 15. Oral and Popular Cultures in the African Novel James Ogude 16. Oral and Popular Cultures in the Caribbean Natasha Barnes Part V. Styles and Genres 17. The Novel and History in Africa Eleni Coundrioutis 18. The Novel and History in the Caribbean Nana Wilson-Tagoe 19. Romance and Realism Yogita Goya 20. Modernism and Modernist Fiction Tim Watson 21. Autobiography and Autobiographical Fiction in the Caribbean Sandra Pouchet Paquet 22. Autobiography in Africa Kgomotso Michael Masemola 23. Short Stories in the Caribbean Victor Ramraj 24. Short Stories in Africa Antonia Kalu 25. Detective Fiction Matthew Christensen Part VI: New Frontiers 26. African Fiction in a Global Context Peter Kalliney 27. Caribbean Fiction in a Global Context Raphael Dalleo 28. Experimental Fictions Evan Mwangi 29. The Novel in Translation Shaden Tageldin Part VII: Critical Understandings 30. The Novel and the Question of Language Chantal Zabus 31. Criticism of the Novel in the Caribbean Simon Gikandi 32. The Novel in Africa: Theories and Debates Gaurav Desai Composite Bibliography Index of Authors and Primary Texts General Index

Simon Gikandi is Robert Schirmer Professor of English at Princeton University. His previous books include Slavery and the Culture of Taste (2011), Ngugi wa Thiong'o (2004), Writing in Limbo: Modernism and Caribbean Literature (1992), and Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialism (1996),. He is also the editor of The Encyclopedia of African Literature (2009) and was editor of PMLA, the official journal of the Modern Languages Association (MLA), from 2011-2016.

• Acknowledgements List of Contributors General Editor's Preface Introduction Editorial Note Part I: The Institution of the Novel in Africa and the Carribean 1. The Reinvention of the Novel in Africa Simon Gikandi and Maurice Vambe 2. Cultures of Print in the Caribbean Gail Low 3. The Novel and Decolonization in Africa Mpalive-Hangson Msiska 4. The Novel and Decolonization in the Caribbean Supriya Nair Part II: Geographies of the Novel 5. The Novel in African Languages Alena Rettovà 6. Expatriate Writers Simon Lewis 7. The City and the Village: Geographies of Fiction in Africa Jennifer Wenzel 8. Geographies of Migration in the Caribbean J. Dillon Brown PART III. The Novel and Cultural Politics 9. Women Novelists in Africa and the Caribbean Elaine Savory 10. Gender and Sexuality in Caribbean Fiction Alison Donnell 11. Gender and Sexuality and Africa Fiction Brenna Munro 12. The Novel and Apartheid Andrew van der Vlies 13. The Novel and Human Rights Joseph Slaughter Part IV: The Novel, Orality, and Popular Culture 14. Popular Fiction in Africa and the Caribbean Jane Bryce 15. Oral and Popular Cultures in the African Novel James Ogude 16. Oral and Popular Cultures in the Caribbean Natasha Barnes Part V. Styles and Genres 17. The Novel and History in Africa Eleni Coundrioutis 18. The Novel and History in the Caribbean Nana Wilson-Tagoe 19. Romance and Realism Yogita Goya 20. Modernism and Modernist Fiction Tim Watson 21. Autobiography and Autobiographical Fiction in the Caribbean Sandra Pouchet Paquet 22. Autobiography in Africa Kgomotso Michael Masemola 23. Short Stories in the Caribbean Victor Ramraj 24. Short Stories in Africa Antonia Kalu 25. Detective Fiction Matthew Christensen Part VI: New Frontiers 26. African Fiction in a Global Context Peter Kalliney 27. Caribbean Fiction in a Global Context Raphael Dalleo 28. Experimental Fictions Evan Mwangi 29. The Novel in Translation Shaden Tageldin Part VII: Critical Understandings 30. The Novel and the Question of Language Chantal Zabus 31. Criticism of the Novel in the Caribbean Simon Gikandi 32. The Novel in Africa: Theories and Debates Gaurav Desai Composite Bibliography Index of Authors and Primary Texts General Index

Simon Gikandi is Robert Schirmer Professor of English at Princeton University. His previous books include Slavery and the Culture of Taste (2011), Ngugi wa Thiong'o (2004), Writing in Limbo: Modernism and Caribbean Literature (1992), and Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialism (1996),. He is also the editor of The Encyclopedia of African Literature (2009) and was editor of PMLA, the official journal of the Modern Languages Association (MLA), from 2011-2016.

• Acknowledgements List of Contributors General Editor's Preface Introduction Editorial Note Part I: The Institution of the Novel in Africa and the Carribean 1. The Reinvention of the Novel in Africa Simon Gikandi and Maurice Vambe 2. Cultures of Print in the Caribbean Gail Low 3. The Novel and Decolonization in Africa Mpalive-Hangson Msiska 4. The Novel and Decolonization in the Caribbean Supriya Nair Part II: Geographies of the Novel 5. The Novel in African Languages Alena Rettovà 6. Expatriate Writers Simon Lewis 7. The City and the Village: Geographies of Fiction in Africa Jennifer Wenzel 8. Geographies of Migration in the Caribbean J. Dillon Brown PART III. The Novel and Cultural Politics 9. Women Novelists in Africa and the Caribbean Elaine Savory 10. Gender and Sexuality in Caribbean Fiction Alison Donnell 11. Gender and Sexuality and Africa Fiction Brenna Munro 12. The Novel and Apartheid Andrew van der Vlies 13. The Novel and Human Rights Joseph Slaughter Part IV: The Novel, Orality, and Popular Culture 14. Popular Fiction in Africa and the Caribbean Jane Bryce 15. Oral and Popular Cultures in the African Novel James Ogude 16. Oral and Popular Cultures in the Caribbean Natasha Barnes Part V. Styles and Genres 17. The Novel and History in Africa Eleni Coundrioutis 18. The Novel and History in the Caribbean Nana Wilson-Tagoe 19. Romance and Realism Yogita Goya 20. Modernism and Modernist Fiction Tim Watson 21. Autobiography and Autobiographical Fiction in the Caribbean Sandra Pouchet Paquet 22. Autobiography in Africa Kgomotso Michael Masemola 23. Short Stories in the Caribbean Victor Ramraj 24. Short Stories in Africa Antonia Kalu 25. Detective Fiction Matthew Christensen Part VI: New Frontiers 26. African Fiction in a Global Context Peter Kalliney 27. Caribbean Fiction in a Global Context Raphael Dalleo 28. Experimental Fictions Evan Mwangi 29. The Novel in Translation Shaden Tageldin Part VII: Critical Understandings 30. The Novel and the Question of Language Chantal Zabus 31. Criticism of the Novel in the Caribbean Simon Gikandi 32. The Novel in Africa: Theories and Debates Gaurav Desai Composite Bibliography Index of Authors and Primary Texts General Index