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Contesting the African Public Sphere combines the exposition, critical analysis and reconstruction of philosophy and the imaginary exploration of literature in an attempt to map out, understand and render a comprehensive notion of the African public sphere. In effect, the study is interested in the dialogue between philosophy and literature and the crucial role their united effort can play in achieving social transformation and advancing African self-understanding. Contesting the African Public Sphere looks in particular at Ngugi wa Thiong's Wizard of the Crow but also extends to other literary works by African writers (such as Chinua Achebe, Peter Abrahams, Wole Soyinka) that convey significant portions of the African experience with special interest in the character of the African public sphere.
About the author
MSC Okolo é o vencedor do Prémio de Doutoramento CODESRIA para África em 2005, e autor de Literatura Africana como Filosofia Política, Gates of Dawn e Memoirs of an Exiled Girl. Escritor criativo e académico, os interesses de pesquisa do Okolo incluem a literatura africana, a filosofia política, e a identidade africana bem como a língua.
