AFS274

This course surveys the quickly growing field of African digital literatures. Social media and online platforms have allowed for the emergence of new, creative ways of producing literature that have shaped how the contemporary field of African literature is developing. We will read online literary magazines like Kwani and Brittle Paper, platforms like Comic Republic, and social media literatures like Facebook and blog serial fiction, twitterature (now X), and Instagram Stories by and about Africans. We will pay careful attention to the complex relationship between these texts, their social contexts, and the politics of local and global African literary production. Cross-listed as ENG 274. GLAFC, Spring semester.

Global Affairs & Cultures (GLAFC)

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