Decolonising childhoods in Eastern Africa : literary and cultural representations / Oduor Obura.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

©2022

188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

"This book deconstructs Eurocentric narratives and showcases local voices to re-examine childhood in Eastern Africa. Moving away from portrayals of East African childhood as characterized by want, the author argues for a differentiated and pluralist nature of the eastern African childhood. Taking a chronological approach, the author provides a critical reading of Africanist anthropological research on childhood in eastern Africa before examining writings from the pre-imperial and colonial periods. Moving into the contemporary period, the book reveals the continuity of these portrayals in humanitarian and journalistic discourses, before exploring postcolonial writings on childhood in works by Eastern African novelists. Employing a multidisciplinary perspective, this book will be of interest to scholars of African literature, East African history, critical childhood studies and Africanist epistemologies"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Obura, Oduor, Decolonising childhoods in eastern africa New York : Routledge, 2021.

English

May 03, 2022

Includes bibliographical references and index.