Autobiography, Memory and Nationhood in Anglophone Africa

This book provides an important critical analysis of the autobiographies of nine major leaders of national liberation movements in Africa. By examining their self-narratives, we can better understand how decolonisation unfolded and how activist-politicians sought to immortalise their roles for posterity.

David Ekanem Udoinwang is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria where he teaches Black and African autobiography, digital and eco-critical literatures. In 2017, he was AHP/ACLS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

James Tar Tsaaior is a Professor of English, Media and Cultural Studies and a Senior Associate Research Fellow in the Department of English of The University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Until recently, he was Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Research Fellow and Visiting Professor in the Centre for Anglophone and American Studies, University of Potsdam, Germany.