http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/african-literature Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:42:28 -0400 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:42:28 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/614/implicit-negritude-in-the-dark-child By Miles G. Kellerman - In James Kirkup and Ernest Jones’ English translation of Camara Laye’s 1953 autobiography, The Dark Child, there is a significant stylistic decision in the final sentence. Kirkup and Jones’ version reads: “Later on I felt something hard when I put my hand in my pocket. It was the map of the métro…” (Laye 188). Laye wrote the memoir in French, and the final sentence reads as such in the original version: “Plus tard, je sentis une épaisseur sous ma main: le plan du métro gonflait ma poche” (Laye 174, French edition). Kirkup and... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:09 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/614/implicit-negritude-in-the-dark-child http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/530/vehicles-for-story-chinua-achebe-and-ngand#361;gand#297;-wa-thiongo-on-defining-african-literature-preserving-culture-and-self By Kristina S. Ten - For example, the average English-speaking American is unlikely to learn an ethnic language from a country thousands of miles away just so he or she can read a book from that country. Writers cannot rely on readers worldwide to cater to one country’s causes. If the writer’s objective is to garner awareness and readership on a large scale, it is his or her responsibility to make the story accessible to the masses. The world is growing evermore cluttered with information; getting attention is a matter of competition. Storytellers must continue to push through the clutter, using any means... Fri, 20 May 2011 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/530/vehicles-for-story-chinua-achebe-and-ngand#361;gand#297;-wa-thiongo-on-defining-african-literature-preserving-culture-and-self