Hispanic and Lusophone Voices of Africa

Blending literary theory and those culled from contemporary cultural studies, “Hispanic and Lusophone Voices of Africa” provides a gateway for readers to explore works from Afro-Hispanic and Lusophone countries hitherto relegated to the background by scholars, critics, and readers in the Spanish and Portuguese reading world.

With a well-written introductory chapter, the volume editors offer a plausible explanation behind the selection of essays and the theoretical approaches underpinning them. Three of the six essays analyze literary works from Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, and Angola. The remaining three examine films from Lusophone Africa, with a view to bring attention to post-colonial identities in Guinea Bissau and São Tomé & Príncipe.

The quality and breadth of the essays are admirable, and they ground their approaches in sound theoretical frameworks. The studies avoid jargon, making them accessible to both seasoned academics and the general reading public. The selected texts and films in the collection represent some of the most important literary and filmic production in Hispanic and Lusophone Africa.

Yaw Agawu-Kakraba

Professor of Spanish and African Studies

Pennsylvania State University