Abiola Irele is a professor in the Department of Black Studies at Ohio State University.

A novel on the evils of white colonialism in Africa. Set in French-ruled Mali, the hero is a young teacher who plays the white man's idea of a good Black in ord

F. Abiola Irele is an expert on the anglophone and francophone traditions in post-colonial African literature. This collection of his essays examines African li

This collection of essays introduces students of African literature to the heritage of the African prose narrative, starting from its oral base and covering its

This work provides insights into important moments in the European colonization project in Africa, and into structural intersections between the active agents o

The relationship between translation and conflict is highly relevant in today's globalised and fragmented world, and this is attracting increased academic inter

A New World Order ranges widely across the Atlantic World that Caryl Phillips has charted in his award winning novels and non-fiction during the course of the p

African civil servants in the colonial era--working as intermediaries among European colonial officials, African chiefs, and subject populations--were able to m

The concept of transfer covers the most diverse phenomena of circulation, transformation and reinterpretation of cultural goods across space and time, and are a

Explores the elements that have shaped the particular political dynamics of the 14 former French colonies in west and equatorial Africa while allowing them to r