Ama Ata Aidoo's Heart of Darkness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9250283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hildegard Hoeller (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 130-147 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| 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.2004.35.1.130 |
| OpenAlex | W2093922126 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
This essay reads Aidoo's novel Our Sister Killjoy as a postcolonial revision of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. While both novels have been accused of being racist texts, this essay argues that the implied existence of Conrad's text is crucial for our understanding of Aidoo's racist representational strategies. The drama of Aidoo's novel lies in approaching and refraining from the horror of the racism of Conrad's Heart of Darkness
Art · Art history · Biology · Darkness · Drama · Literature · Sister · Sociology · Anthropology · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2010 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |