Spectres from the Past: Slavery and the Politics of "History" in West African and African-American Literature - Paperback

by Portia Owusu (Author)

Spectres from the Past: The "History" of Slavery in West African and African-American Narratives explores slavery in contemporary West African and African-American literature by looking at the politics of history and memory.

Author Biography

Portia Owusu is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Texas A&M University. Her research interests include history and memory, cultural philosophy and literature and West African and African-American contemporary narratives. She received her PhD in 2017 in Africana Literature at the SOAS, University of London.