Sharing the Burden of Stories from the Tutsi Genocide

Rwanda: écrire par devoir de mémoire

AvAnna-Marie de Beer

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict

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The focus is a transnational, polyphonic writing project entitled ‘Rwanda: écrire par devoir de mémoire’ (Rwanda: Writing by Duty of Memory), undertaken in 1998 by a group of nine African authors.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-04-24
Mått:148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt:518 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict
Antal sidor:300
Upplaga:20001
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030420925

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Dr Anna-Marie de Beer is a senior lecturer in French and francophone studies at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She was born and grew up in Zimbabwe. Her research interests are the relationship between collective trauma and literature, as well as francophone autobiography and autofiction.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Leaning on the Shoulder of Another.- 2. Trauma and Storytelling in Africa.- 3. Journeys and Fables: Koulsy Lamko and Véronique Tadjo.- 4. Harvests and Bones: Abdourahman A. Waberi and Boubacar Boris Diop.- 5. Living in Shadows: Monique Ilboudo and Tierno Monénembo.- 6. Poems, Testimonies and Essays: Nocky Djedanoum, Jean-Marie Rurangwa and Vénuste Kayimahe.- 7. Conclusion: The Mythical Universe of Storytelling.- 8. Afterword: Safe Spaces of Reconstruction.