Criticism and Ideology: Second African Writers' Conference, Stockholm 1986 PDF
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CRITICISM AND IDEOLOGY Second African Writers' Conference Stockholm 1986 Edited by with an introductory essay by Kirsten Holst Petersen Per Wastberg Seminar Proceedings No. 20 Scandinavian Institute of African Studies Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/criticismideologOOOOafri Seminar Proceedings No. 20 CRITICISM AND IDEOLOGY Second African •iters’ Conference Stockholm 1986 % Edited by % Kirsten Holst Peters y with an introductory essc&f'fc) % Per Wastberg Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, Uppsala 1988 occidental college library 1600 CAMPUS ROAD LOS ANGELES, CA 00041 Cover: “Nairobi City Centre”, painting by Ancent Soi, Kenya, reproduced with the permission of Gunter Peus. ISSN 0281-0018 ISBN 91-7106-276-9 ® Nordiska afrikainstitutet, 1988 Phototypesetting by Textgruppen i Uppsala AB Printed in Sweden by Bohuslaningens Boktryckeri AB, Uddevalla 1988 Foreword The first Stockholm conference for African writers was held in 1967, at Hasselby Castle outside Stockholm, to discuss the role of the writer in mo¬ dern African Society, especially the relationship of his or her individuality to a wider social commitment. It was arranged on the initiative of Per Wastberg, well-known for having introduced much of African literature to the Swedish public. On Per Wastberg’s initiative the Second Stockholm Conference for Afri¬ can Writers was arranged almost twenty years later. This time the Scandi¬ navian Institute of African Studies was again privileged to arrange the con¬ ference in cooperation with the Swedish Institute. We extend our gratitude to the Swedish Institute, the Swedish Interna¬ tional Development Authority (SIDA), and the Ministry for Foreign Af¬ fairs for generous financial support. We wish to thank our former Danish researcher Kirsten Holst Petersen for her skilful work in arranging the con¬ ference and editing this book. Anders Hjort af Ornas Director ' Contents Introduction 7 Kirsten Holst Petersen The Writer in Modern Africa 17 Per Wdstberg Ethics, Ideology and the Critic 26 Wole Soyinka From the discussion 51 The Languages of Our Dreams or 55 the Dreams of Our Languages Kole Omotoso The Price of Independence: The Writers’ Agony 60 Eldred D. Jones From the discussion 65 The Growth of a Literary Tradition 67 Chris Wanjala From the discussion 78 Reverend Doctor John S. Mbiti is a Thief of Gods 81 Taban lo Liyong Writing Against Neo-colonialism 92 Ngugi wa Thiong’o Censoring the African Poem: Personal Reflections 104 Jack Mapanje The Socio-Psychological Development of Africa 112 David G. Maillu The Role of the African Writer in National 128 Liberation and Social Reconstruction Emmanuel Ngara African Motherhood — Myth and Reality 141 Lauretta Ngcobo From the discussion 151 To Be an African Woman Writer — an Overview and a Detail 155 Ama Ata Aidoo Feminism with a small ‘f’! 173 Buchi Emecheta From the discussion 181 To What Extent is the South African Writer’s Problem Still Bleak and Immense? 186 Sipho Sepamla Power to the People: A Glory to Creativity 193 Wally Serote The Dominant Tone of Black South African Writing 198 Miriam Tlali From the discussion 203 Beyond ‘Protest’: New Directions in South African Literature 205 Njabulo Ndebele From the discussion 217 About the Contributors 219
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