The Development of Lusophone Africa's Literary Magazines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9250186 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Alao, Alao George (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 169-183 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ral.1999.30.1.169 |
| OpenAlex | W2082493819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
It is often wrongly suggested that the lusophone zone of Black Africa is the parent pauvre as far as continental literary production is concerned, a sort of last and worst. Those who make such claims (and they seem to be many) are not only ignorant of the existence of the literary magazines in this politicolinguistic zone 1 but also of the important role that periodicals play in the literary institution in general. This ignorance of the collective affirmation expressed in and through little magazines is not just limited to the attitude of critics towards African literature. Often, unaware of the place of literary magazines in the development of a national or continental literature, most criticism has limited its reference to such periodicals by only citing their titles without daring to penetrate into the literature they contain or even trying to understand how the literary system they operate functions. Given such an attitude, it is not surprising that literary periodicals remain generally unknown, even by those who should know them and make them known
Art · Literature · Political science · African history and culture studies · History
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2014 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |