The place of the novel as a literary form in Africa is contested.
This book extends this debate, arguing that Africa\'s \'de-realization\' in global representation and the global ec.
These bipolar traditions remain unresolved in recent debates about Afropolitanism and the novel in Africa today.
Its colonial origins and its unaffordability for most Africans make it a bad fit for the continent, yet it was also central to the creation of most postcolonial African national literary canons.
The place of the novel as a literary form in Africa is contested