Das Gedächtnis der Kolonisation

Afrikanische und europäische Narrative ab 1980

By (author) Constantin Sonkwé Tayim

Book cover: Das Gedächtnis der Kolonisation

Extent: 366 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Formen der Erinnerung

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(July 2024)

ISBN: 9783847117193

6.34 x 9.33 inches

Price: $82.00

In stock

Das Buch stellt die These auf, dass zeitgenossische Narrative der Kolonisation ruckblickend Diskurse zur kolonialen Vergangenheit formulieren, die zwar von dem historisch-kulturellen Gefuge abhangig sind, aus der diese Erzahlungen hervorgehen, letztere in einzelnen Fallen aber sich durchaus uber Paradigmen hinwegsetzen, die ihnen a priori zugrunde liegen.


The study represents an attempt to work out the discourses and modes of remembrance that underlie the recent discussion on colonization. It deals with the question of how colonialism is remembered in contemporary narratives of the colonial era, i.e. in what terms literature refers to colonialism and for what purpose. The comparative analysis of selected african and european postcolonial narratives shows that while most of them design a postcolonial view of the colonial past, the discursive point of view of those narratives is largely dependent on the cultural-historical structure from which the texts emerged and that informed their authors, though single narratives, especially autobiographical texts by European contemporary witnesses, defy the postcolonial paradigm.

  • By (author) Constantin Sonkwé Tayim