Africa and Trans-Atlantic Memories: Literary and Aesthetic Manifestations of Diaspora and HistoryNaana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Paul E. Lovejoy, David Vincent Trotman The trans-Atlantic slave trade and the concomitant enslavement of Africans created an enduring connection between African literature and the scattered communities of African people in the Americas. The tragic events of slavery have profoundly influenced the literary imagination, whether in Africa, Europe or the Americas. The authors in this collection explore the ways in which trans-Atlantic constructions of this history find expression in the literary mode. |
