Doseline Kiguru
Biographic Data
| ID | 140507 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Doseline Kiguru |
| GIVEN NAMES | Doseline |
| FAMILY NAME | Kiguru |
| SIGNATURE | KIGURU D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0267-5189 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Genre versus Prize: The Short Story Form and African Oral Traditions
In “The Short Story in Africa,” Nadine Gordimer writes that the genre is more malleable and open to experimentation with style, language and form than the novel, which means that it is more easily accommodated within a variety of media spaces. Gordimer adds that the short story is “a fragmented and restless form, a matter of hit or miss, and it is perhaps for this reason that it suits modern consciousness” (170–71). Taking its cue from Gordimer’s…
Speculative fiction and African urban futures: Reading Imagine Africa 500
This article explores the place of the future African city as presented in contemporary African speculative fiction. It focuses on the short stories in the collection Imagine Africa 500 to look at how the urban space is conceptualized in these narrations of an imagined future Africa, 500 years from now. While the discussion looks at the urban space and imagined technological development, it also takes note of ecological narratives and the contras…
Prizing African literature: Creating a Literary Taste
This paper explores the significant role played by international literary awards in African literary canon formation. It focuses on the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (CWSSP) and the Caine Prize for African Writing (CP) as major award institutions for contemporary African literatures. The paper aims to position these prize competitions in the context of African literary and cultural production by foregrounding the intricate relationship between t…
Literary Prizes, Writers' Organisations and Canon Formation in Africa
This article explores the circulation of value in the literary market by investigating the interlinkages between African writers' organisations and international literary award institutions. It focuses on selected writers' organisations such as FEMRITE, Kwani?, Storymoja, Farafina, and Writivism, investigating how they participate in placing contemporary African literature in the global literary marketplace especially through their creative writi…
Literary Prizes, Writers' Organisations and Canon Formation in Africa
This article explores the circulation of value in the literary market by investigating the interlinkages between African writers' organisations and international literary award institutions. It focuses on selected writers' organisations such as FEMRITE, Kwani?, Storymoja, Farafina, and Writivism, investigating how they participate in placing contemporary African literature in the global literary marketplace especially through their creative writi…
Prizing African literature: Creating a Literary Taste
This paper explores the significant role played by international literary awards in African literary canon formation. It focuses on the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (CWSSP) and the Caine Prize for African Writing (CP) as major award institutions for contemporary African literatures. The paper aims to position these prize competitions in the context of African literary and cultural production by foregrounding the intricate relationship between t…
Speculative fiction and African urban futures: Reading Imagine Africa 500
This article explores the place of the future African city as presented in contemporary African speculative fiction. It focuses on the short stories in the collection Imagine Africa 500 to look at how the urban space is conceptualized in these narrations of an imagined future Africa, 500 years from now. While the discussion looks at the urban space and imagined technological development, it also takes note of ecological narratives and the contras…
Prizing African literature: Creating a Literary Taste
This paper explores the significant role played by international literary awards in African literary canon formation. It focuses on the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (CWSSP) and the Caine Prize for African Writing (CP) as major award institutions for contemporary African literatures. The paper aims to position these prize competitions in the context of African literary and cultural production by foregrounding the intricate relationship between t…
Literary Prizes, Writers' Organisations and Canon Formation in Africa
This article explores the circulation of value in the literary market by investigating the interlinkages between African writers' organisations and international literary award institutions. It focuses on selected writers' organisations such as FEMRITE, Kwani?, Storymoja, Farafina, and Writivism, investigating how they participate in placing contemporary African literature in the global literary marketplace especially through their creative writi…
Genre versus Prize: The Short Story Form and African Oral Traditions
In “The Short Story in Africa,” Nadine Gordimer writes that the genre is more malleable and open to experimentation with style, language and form than the novel, which means that it is more easily accommodated within a variety of media spaces. Gordimer adds that the short story is “a fragmented and restless form, a matter of hit or miss, and it is perhaps for this reason that it suits modern consciousness” (170–71). Taking its cue from Gordimer’s…
Speculative fiction and African urban futures: Reading Imagine Africa 500
This article explores the place of the future African city as presented in contemporary African speculative fiction. It focuses on the short stories in the collection Imagine Africa 500 to look at how the urban space is conceptualized in these narrations of an imagined future Africa, 500 years from now. While the discussion looks at the urban space and imagined technological development, it also takes note of ecological narratives and the contras…
Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · History (2 works)