Court Stories in Selected African Short Narratives
Court Stories in Selected African Short Narratives
Yewah, Emmanuel
1994-02-02 00:00:00
This article attempts to cross-examine African Literature and African costumary, Islamic and inherited colonial laws. It opens a new topic in the study of African literature by showing how legal discourses are inscribed in certain African narratives and how these discourses link the narratives to the overall context of their production.
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Court Stories in Selected African Short Narratives
This article attempts to cross-examine African Literature and African costumary, Islamic and inherited colonial laws. It opens a new topic in the study of African literature by showing how legal discourses are inscribed in certain African narratives and how these discourses link the narratives to the overall context of their production.
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