Landscaping postcoloniality: The dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature.
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Title
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Landscaping postcoloniality: The dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature.
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Identifier
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AAI3083635
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identifier
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3083635
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Creator
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Abunaw, Joyce B.
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Contributor
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Adviser: David Greetham
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Date
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2003
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Literature, African
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Abstract
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This dissertation examines publishing, distribution and reading of Anglophone Cameroon literature. Cameroon has a population of 14.7 million (1998 estimate) and Anglophone Cameroon forms about 20% of this number. Despite the presence of about 250 indigenous languages, English and French are the official languages. Consequently Anglophone Cameroon literature is surviving under the shadow of the dominant Francophone Cameroon literature. To make matters worse, the overall dissemination pattern of Anglophone African literature is further limiting the visibility of Anglophone Cameroon literature. This dissertation hinges on the premise that while multinational publishers like Heinemann brought African literature to a worldwide audience, they in turn jeopardized indigenous publishing on the continent. Since the multinational publishers have the means for wider dissemination, the texts they publish are more visible in Africa and the West. Hence in order to get a realistic picture of African literary writings, there is a need to examine indigenous publishing and the dissemination process in individual African Countries and territories. As a result, a current bibliography of Anglophone Cameroon literature is included in this dissertation as an appendix.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
