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Abstract:
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The genesis and development of modern African literature in indigenous
languages in South Africa cannot be satisfactorily handled
without linking them to the historical, social and political developments
in South Africa. The first literary works to be published in
South Africa in indigenous languclges were the products of western
imperialist agents, the missionaries especially. This literature was
later exposed to further ideologies when the government took control
of education for Af~cans.
The intensification of th€ liberation struggle from mid 20th century
saw literature becoming another area of resistance politics in South
Africa. African writers began to write in English. The birth of the
Black Consciousness Muvement in the late sixties gave further impetus
to this development with the emergence of black protest literature.
This study seeks to investigate thes. developments in both African
literature and black protest literature by employing a materialist
analysis, specifically focusing on ideology as a material condition. |
