What was the first African novel in English? Should African writers write in the language of erstwhile colonizers? What is literature's function in corrupt autocracies? What was theatre like under aparthied? Who are the New South Africa?s major writers? We?ll explore answers to these and many other questions. Marked by colonial history and cultural exchanges between Africans, Arabs, Europeans and Asians, postcolonial African literature will challenge your understanding of Africa and of literature itself.