Italy and the Literatures from the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti)
Beyond the Language and the Territory

Area 10 – Scienze dell'antichità, filologico-letterarie e storico-artistiche

The writers of the Horn of Africa have developed in the last decades an important literature, which is characterized by a series of features, like the variety of the languages and the important participation of the diaspora. The main concern of the book analyses the situation of this literature today, to highlight its main tendencies concerning the choice of the language and its consequences on writing, as well as the interaction between this literature and contemporary History as well as the personal life of the authors. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the literatures of the Horn of Africa, including colonialism, migration, multilingualism and multiculturalism.

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