The postcolonial subject in transit migration, borders and subjectivity in contemporary African diaspora literature

• Main Author: Fongang, Delphine
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham etc Lexington Books 2018; Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Edition: 1
• Series: Transforming Literary Studies
• Subjects: African; African diaspora in literature; African literature (English); African literature (English)—20th century—History and criticism; African literature (English)—21st century—History and criticism; Literary Criticism; Modern; Postcolonialism in literature
• ISBN: 1498563848; 149856383X; 9781498563840; 9781498563833
• DOI: 10.5040/9781978736023

The Postcolonial Subject in Transit presents in-depth analyses of the complex transitional migratory identities evident in emerging African diasporic writings. It provides insights into the hybridity of the migrant experience, where the migrant struggles to negotiate new cultural spaces. It shows that while some migrants successfully adapt and integrate into new Western locales, others exist at the margins unable to fully negotiate cultural difference. The diaspora becomes a space for opportunities and economic mobility, as well as alienation and uncertainties. This illuminates the heterogeneity of the African diasporic narrative, expanding the dialogue of the diaspora, from one of simply loss and melancholia to self-realization and empowerment.