The Genevan blog of Rémi Mogenet, Le Savoyard de la Tribune, explains with supporting examples that [1] [fr]: “Mythological African traditional stories have made a remarkable entrance into francophone literature”. He quotes the Mandika epic tale of Soundjata, written and published in French by Guinean D. T. Niane, as well as, for Cameroon, Au Pays des initiés by Gabriel Mfomo and La Marseillaise de mon enfance by Jean-Marton Tchaptchet, without forgetting L’ Anthologie nègre by Blaise Cendrars.
Francophone Africa: The Important Literary Contributions from Former Colonies
· Written by Suzanne Lehn Translated by Solène TRETOUT
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