Ma'am Mylene Afro-Asian Thursday

• African literature includes oral and written literary pieces in European languages.
• The characteristics of African literature include slave narratives, protests against colonization, calls for independence, African pride, and hope for the future.
• The themes in African literature include the clash between indigenous and colonial cultures, condemnation of European subjugation, pride in the African past, and hope for the continent’s independent future.
• Mabel Dove-Danquah (1905-1984) is known for her portrayal of strong-headed and masculine-hearted women.
• Nadine Gordimer's novels are known for their rich imagery of South Africa's historical development.
• Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) wrote a number of novels set against the backdrop of the emerging resistance movement against apartheid.
• African writers and poets contribute to African literature.
• Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) was a Nigerian novelist known for his work "Things Fall Apart" (1958), a devastating depiction of the clash between traditional tribal values and the effects of colonial rule, as well as the tension between masculinity and femininity in highly patriarchal societies.
• David Diop (1927-1960) was a French West African poet known for his angry poems of protest against European cultural values.
• David Diop also showed empathy with Africa.