Subject: Re: Views on people who have studied in the "Mother Country"
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:53:14 +0100


Try Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments. But I am not sure now whether his
protagonist came back from the US or UK. Good reading though - dramatising
the conflict as well as the 'mind-expansion' and ... fragmentation...
effects.
I also believe that Soyinka's Interpreters featured some characters who came
back as well as Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah, but Armah's piece is
addressing the issue more directly.

Kris

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From: "Keilonne O'Brien" <keilonne-AT-hotmail.com>
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Subject: Views on people who have studied in the "Mother Country"


> Hello all:
>
> I'm working on a bibliographical essay on how people who have gone to the
> "mother Country" to pursue tertiary education are viewed by their
countrymen
> upon their return. I've already looked at the Caribbean connection, using
> "The Wine of Astonishment" by Earl Lovelace and "A House for Mr.. Biswas"
by
> V.S. Naipaul. What I need is an African connection. Does anyone have any
> ideas where in African Literature this issue comes up? I would really
> appreciate some suggestions.
>
> Keilonne A. O'Brien
> University of Texas at Austin.
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