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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Main Authors:	Fernando Arenas, Ana Paula Ferreira
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA) 2016-11-01
Series:	Journal of Lusophone Studies
Online Access:	https://jls.apsa.us/index.php/jls/article/view/113

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spelling	doaj-2ed1550adeec4ac8b192c6244d2bc8d82020-11-25T02:46:53ZengAmerican Portuguese Studies Association (APSA)Journal of Lusophone Studies2469-48002016-11-011210.21471/jls.v1i2.11397Russell Hamilton: Pioneering Critic of African Literatures in PortugueseFernando Arenas0Ana Paula Ferreira1University of MichiganUniversity of Minnesota, Twin CitiesRussell 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.https://jls.apsa.us/index.php/jls/article/view/113
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Russell Hamilton: Pioneering Critic of African Literatures in Portuguese

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