Shadows of the past, visions of the future in African literatures and cultures
In a curious paradox, one of the best-known recent statements about African futurities itself seems to vanish into a permanently receding future. Rem Koolhaas famously wrote of Lagos: "Many of the much touted values of contemporary global capital and its prophetic organizational models of disp...
Main Author: | Russell West-Pavlov |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association
2017-03-01
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Series: | Tydskrif vir Letterkunde |
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Online Access: | https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/1788 |
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