The Literatures of Portuguese-speaking Africa in the Critical Spotlight

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  • Krista Brune Pennsylvania State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21471/jls.v9i2.603

Keywords:

Portuguese-speaking Africa, Global South, world literature, postcolonial studies

Abstract

A review essay of

Helgesson, Stefan. Decolonisations of Literature: Critical Practice in Africa and Brazil after 1945. Liverpool UP, 2022.

Melo, Anita de, Ludmylla Lima, and John T. Maddox IV, editors. Literary Connections between South Africa and the Lusophone World. Lexington Books, 2022. 

Santos, Emanuelle Rodrigues dos. The Late Postcolonial Condition: Twenty-first-century Reconfigurations in the Literatures of Portuguese-speaking Africa. Peter Lang, 2025. 

Waller, Thomas. Genres of Transition: Literature and Economy in Portuguese-Speaking Southern Africa. Liverpool UP, 2024. 

Author Biography

Krista Brune, Pennsylvania State University

Associate Professor of Portuguese and Spanish

Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

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Published

2026-03-13

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2026)

Section

Book Reviews

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