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Every student, critic and writer in the continent requires an awareness of African history, as well as African literary traditions. We need to be aware of the existence of literature in Africa before the colonial invasion in form of oral literature. We also need an awareness of colonization and its impact on cultures and literatures of Africa. This history moves on to the post-colonial Africa and the emergence of neo-colonialism.
The influence of external ideology and other literary movements also form part of African
experience and history. These ideological movements include Marxism, feminism and the like.
Finally, Eliot calls upon us to be aware of the various literatures that have emerged in Africa as a result of our historical and literary experience. This is possible through wide reading. We should then ask ourselves how these factors inform on the specifics works we are reading.
NatalieR answered the question on June 14, 2022 at 05:27
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