Introduction - Picking up the splinters of history: images of Latin America, the Caribbeans and Africa in contemporary fiction
The Barbadian poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite, though referring to the Caribbean situation, captures the critical challenge that confronts the artist of the global south when he poses the question, “How does the artist work and function in a plurally fragmented world9" (Brathwaite, 1970: 34). The...
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| description | The Barbadian poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite, though referring to the Caribbean situation, captures the critical challenge that confronts the artist of the global south when he poses the question, “How does the artist work and function in a plurally fragmented world9" (Brathwaite, 1970: 34). The pernicious legacy of slavery, colonialism and the neo-colonial order in Latin America, the Caribbeans and Africa left multiple fractures in these communities that have elicited equally multiple and complex responses from artists trying to make meaning of existence. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-10092022-06-27T13:49:06Z Introduction - Picking up the splinters of history: images of Latin America, the Caribbeans and Africa in contemporary fiction Javangwe, Tasiyana D. Chitando, Anna Caribbean Fiction African Fiction Latin American Fiction The Barbadian poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite, though referring to the Caribbean situation, captures the critical challenge that confronts the artist of the global south when he poses the question, “How does the artist work and function in a plurally fragmented world9" (Brathwaite, 1970: 34). The pernicious legacy of slavery, colonialism and the neo-colonial order in Latin America, the Caribbeans and Africa left multiple fractures in these communities that have elicited equally multiple and complex responses from artists trying to make meaning of existence. 2016-04-25T09:12:43Z 2016-04-25T09:12:43Z 2009 Article 0256-6060 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1009 en Unisa Latin American Report;Vol. I no. 2 open Unisa Press |
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