Between freedom and self-subjection: the dilemma of writing in an African language
This article is an analysis of the dilemmas that confront an author who chooses to write in an African language. (Language choice remains a particularly vexing issue in African literature.) On the one hand a language that he is a master of gives him the freedom to assert himself and oppose the imper...
Main Author: | N. Maake |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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AOSIS
2006-07-01
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Series: | Literator |
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Online Access: | https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/183 |
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