This book brings together diverse voices, genres and intellectual trajectories in an attempt to reflect on the state of production of, and engagement with, Eastern African literary cultures. The book re-visits established intellectual debates and canonical texts, while simultaneously offering a forceful engagement with popular arts and performance; particularly the manner in which genres such as drama, music and new media offer important insights into everyday life in the region. At the core of these essays is Eastern Africa s engagement with the legacy of colonial modernity, which remains a major influence on the region’s artists. The book also speaks to rich and complex sources of Eastern African cultures and how these continue to be negotiated through multiple currents, both local and transnational.
The essays traverse layered cultural landscapes and intellectual traditions pointing to how discourses rooted in past traditions and born out of Eastern Africa s search for aesthetic affirmation of the self, continue to be entangled with its contemporary poetics, albeit in new ways.
"This book is indispensible to understanding the cultural geography of the region." - Simon Gikandi, Robert Schirmer Professor of English, Princeton University, Editor PMLA.
The book launch will be in the form of a panel discussion with the editors.
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