Introduction: Evoking Spectres in History
Literary Archaeology: The Uncovering and Recovering of Black Historical Memory and Trauma in Toni Morrison's Beloved
Articulating 'Silence': The Language of Death as Memory in Ama Ata Aidoo's The Dilemma of a Ghost
Bloodlines and Blurred lines: Contested Memories and Freedom in Barbara Chase-Riboud's Sally Hemings
The Limitations of 'History': Chika Ezeanya's Re-visioning of the Early Years of Olaudah Equiano and Slavery in Before We Set Sail
(M)otherlands: Homesickness and yearnings for home in Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing
The Magic of 'History' and Contradictions of 'Return' to Africa in Syl Cheney-Coker's The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar
Conclusion: Defining Silences.