Women Writers of the New African Diaspora: Transnational Negotiations and Female Agency (Routledge Contemporary Africa)

This book makes a significant addition to the field of literary criticism on African Diaspora literatures.In one volume, it brings together the novels of eight transnational African Diaspora women writers, Yaa Gyasi, Chika Unigwe, Chimamanda Adichie, Imbole Mbue, NoViolet Bulawayo, Aminatta Forna, Taiye Selasi, and Leila Aboulela, and positions them as chroniclers of African immigrant experiences.The book inspires critical readings of these writers’ works by revealing emerging trends in women’s literature as they are being determined and redefined by immigration.As transnational subjects, the writers engage various meanings of mobility and exhibit innovative aesthetic styles; they create awareness on gender identities and transformations, constructions of home and belonging, as well as the politics of citizenship in the hostland.The book also highlights the importance of reverse migrations and performance returns to the homeland as an expression of human desire for home and belonging,