Alt 32 Politics & Social Justice: African Literature Today

Many African writers have illustrated through their work different understandings of Chinua Achebe's reference to "where and when the rain started beating Africa". These works have recalled, recorded and reconfigured that past and taken the debate forward in its complex engagement with the critical issues of politics and social justice in the contemporary postcolonial/neocolonial context. ALT 32 concludes with tributes to the life and works of Kofi Awoonor.