
By Ato Quayson
Quayson surveys a wide range of texts-ranging from Bob Marley lyrics, Toni Morrison's paintings, Walter Benjamin's Theses at the Philosophy of background, and Althusser's reflections on political economy-and treats a wide variety of issues: the comparative constructions of alienation in literature and anthropology, cultural heroism as a trope in African society and politics, literary tragedy as a template for studying the lifestyles and activism of Ken Saro-Wiwa, trauma and the prestige of citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa, representations of actual incapacity, and the conflict among enchanted and dissatisfied time in postcolonial texts.
Ato Quayson is director of the African experiences Centre, lecturer in English, and fellow of Pembroke university on the college of Cambridge.
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