Russell Hamilton: Pioneering Critic of African Literatures in Portuguese
Russell Hamilton’s scholarly career coincided with the anti-colonial liberation movements throughout the Portuguese African territories of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Principe, in the 1960s and 70s. During this critical time-period, written literature in the for...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA)
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lusophone Studies |
| Online Access: | https://jls.apsa.us/index.php/jls/article/view/113 |
| Summary: | Russell Hamilton’s scholarly career coincided with the anti-colonial liberation movements throughout the Portuguese African territories of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Principe, in the 1960s and 70s. During this critical time-period, written literature in the form of poetry, short stories, essays, and novels played a major role among African elites by imagining these newly emerging nations. While denouncing the injustices and ravages of Portuguese colonialism, literary art galvanized readers to the cause of independence. |
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| ISSN: | 2469-4800 |