African Memoirs and Cultural Representations

“African Memoirs and Cultural Representations presents an encyclopedic repository containing transitions of African multidimensional identities—personal, political, social, and cultural. From the politics of memory, to the nuances of everyday life, the universal and particular converge in this philosophical reflection and creative synthesis of the African memoir by Toyin Falola”—Prof Mobolanle E Sotunsa, Professor of African Oral Literature and Gender Studies, Babcock University, Nigeria.

“This book is arguably about the retrieval, projection, and dissemination of African voices. As most times with Toyin Falola’s reflections, the anti-colonial stance is implicit, nuanced, and understated. But this guarded celebration of African subjectivities is far more effective than it would appear on the surface. It veers into the very real issue of African diversity, core underlying epistemological assumptions and the ability to transcend delimiting ethnic and geographical demarcations. Once again, Falola reestablishes his astonishing versatility”—Sanya Osha, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

“African Memoirs and Cultural Representations by Toyin Falola presents an excellent assessment of the critical role of West African memoirs and their interconnectivity to various realms of African society, including the political, economic, social, and cultural realms. The book brilliantly interrogates the challenging work of the memoirists as they juxtapose their ideas within the much broader context of changing societal values, traditions, and expectations of the prevailing political and social orders”—Bessie House-Soremekun, Ph.D., Interim Dean and Professor of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts, Jackson State University, USA.