(Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 2014) King, Rosamond S.
This essay will link African women’s writing to culture, including literary
culture and the politics of literature. It describes how African women’s literature
can act as a mirror, reflecting African cultures to Africans, and how it can
serve as a window and a door, revealing African cultures to those outside of them
in whole or in part. It ends with a description of “communal agency,” an example
of how scholarly writing can act as a door for both those who are and are not
a part of a literature’s culture.
