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Literature by african american authors that isn't about race:
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>> No.9437392

>>9437382
Coetzee's Disgrace isn't only about race desu

>> No.9437443

>>9437382
Native Son

>> No.9437448

>>9437382
The question of race is so important in colonial and post-colonial Africa that pretty much all African lit will have traces of the race question in them purely due to the nature of the culture.

>> No.9437476

>>9437448
Gotta love that soft bigotry.

>> No.9437484

>>9437476
It's the same with post-ancient Western culture. We can't escape the Church, either by adhering to the dogma or explicitly or implicitly rejecting it.

The scars of colonialism run deep. There's no bigotry in stating the facts.

>> No.9437673

>>9437448
>post-colonial Africa
>literature about it
Why does we still suck: The endless libraries

>> No.9437681

Haven't read him myself yet but I believe Amos Tutuola fits the bill.

>> No.9439129

Black people can't write good literature without the crutch of their skin tone.

>> No.9439195

>>9437382
>implying current white literature isnt about existentialism, consumerism, or atheism.

white men dont matter desu

>> No.9439198

>>9437382
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell

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Contemporary western literature that isn't strictly commercial or self-absorbed first world problem hogwash:
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