Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Universal Gratitude to African Literature with its Diaspora Authors

The traumatic after-math of Transatlantic Slave Trade during the age of 16th to 19th century has established the historical art of African Diaspora. With the help of which, the literary domain of this region got diversified and globally renowned. The colonial rule in this region has hurtfully transferred the so called slaves to various regions in Europe, Asia and America. These series of humans who were shipped beyond boundaries were the dominating reason for the establishment of Diaspora literature in Africa.  Rather, they are considered as the founder of this genre of literary work, most precisely, the “founding myth”.

The African habitants who were transported beyond their geographical boundaries before 1960s were the actual discoverer of Diaspora literature in Africa. Cultural, social, political, philosophical or even the humanitarian aspects of the then Africa were best expressed by these series of African Diaspora authors. Generation of effective and corrective traditional information about this region has been eased with their paramount literary works. As Africa is known to be related with the Oral form of literature only, Diaspora made the entire platform even more fertile and at the same time diversified. No wonder, they are of total blessing for the entire society and the continent as a whole.


Such is the significance of this literary format that the connection of this genre can also be found at an artistic work of gem like Nigerian writer. Not only the negative consequences of colonization even the difficult course of decolonization in Africa are finely depicted in their indigenous creative work. However, by the end of 1980s, the social and political and various other essential segments in Africa got drastically changed. Those were the time when the continent was victimized with the awful condition of poverty, unemployment, political persecution and many more. Even then, the importance of this Diaspora literature didn’t got reduced. Appreciative attributes of which is directly associated with the contemporary writers, poets and authors of Africa too. 

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