Typologies of Humor in African Literatures

by Adwoa A Opoku-Agyemang

Typologies of Humor in African Literatures is a study on the use of humor and comedy in African literary texts across the twentieth century. Despite humor being omnipresent in African societies and their literatures, discussions of contemporary African literature have largely dismissed it as being too lighthearted compared to the more serious issues of post-colonial history, class inequality, and politics. Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang, while acknowledging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472077031
• ISBN13: 9780472077038
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"