Saturday, February 24, 2018

Postcolonial African Literature and the Shithole Philosophy


ByRandolph Nkwelle
When the US President, Donald J. Trump, referred to Africans in the US as coming from Shithole countries, it brought in a wave of consternation to Africans and to the continent at large. Many African leaders were calling on US ambassadors in their respective countries, to give further clarifications on what they thought was an ill-advised statement from the US President. The purpose of this literature is to paint a picture of the African continent as it has been accurately described by some authors of Contemporary African Literature, unfortunately, and show how, or maybe the statement of President Trump may have been spot-on. The writer will defer any such critique of this write-up to his readers to draw their own conclusions as to whether African countries were appropriately described by Trump as shitholes or not.  

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