The Political Novels of Peter Abrahams
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4583925 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kolawole Ogungbesan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 33-50 |
| Publication date | 1972-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Présence Africaine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-7638 • E-ISSN: 2271-197X |
| Publisher | CAIRN (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3917/presa.083.0033 |
| OpenAlex | W2162223299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
pETER ABRAHAMS'S works have not received the attention they deserve. This is especially true of his political novels, A Wreath for Udomo (1956), A Night of Their Own (1965), and This Island Now (1966). Although none of them can claim to be Abrahams's best novel-that honor belongs to Wild Conquest (1953)-they deserve attention as penetrating studies of the facts of power, race and culture. Abrahams's theme is the attempt of black men to regain their manhood and selfrespect, which alone can help them to achieve true freedom in a world dominated by white men. Abrahams believes that until this is done it will not be possible for the blacks to mix with the whites on a personal level and with easy relaxation. How this is to be done is the subject of these novels, using three different political situations-colonialism in A Wreath, the color bar in A Night, and neo-colonialism in This Island Now
Art · Literature · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1974 - 1974 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |