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A dance of masks

by Jonathan Peters

African literature (French)Criticism and interpretationMasks in literatureHistory and criticismAfrican literature (English)In literatureLiteratureMaske

This text searches for themes about African self-identity by exploring images of the mask in the poetry of Senghor, the fiction of Achebe, and the drama of Soyinka. It focuses on the mask as a concept - an interplay that involves the mask and its wearer.

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