The Text That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Contextual Heterosex and Same-Sex Desire in African Fiction

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While alluding to the shift from homosexuality-as-a-practice in anthropological discourse on Africa to homosexuality-as-an-identity in African fiction, this paper argues for a necessary yet culture-specific criss-crossing of African postcolonial texts with queer theory. Examples are provided, mainly from Nigeria and South Africa.

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