Two favourite themes in Nigérien literature

Authors

  • Abdoul-Aziz Issa Daouda Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Niger

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v42i2.29709

Keywords:

Nigérien novel, drought, famine, rural exodus/migration, emigration

Abstract

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

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Author Biography

  • Abdoul-Aziz Issa Daouda, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Niger

    Abdoul-Aziz Issa Daouda teaches in the Department of Modern literature, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey (Niger). He specialises in Nigérien Literature and teaches contemporary French Literature and literary criticism.

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Published

2005-09-01

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How to Cite

Daouda, A.-A. I. (2005). Two favourite themes in Nigérien literature. Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde, 42(2). https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v42i2.29709