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Colonial Discourse and the Jesus-fication of King Chaka
- How Thomas Mofolo's Chaka Turned the Zulu Monarch into a Messiah
Engelsk Hardback

Colonial Discourse and the Jesus-fication of King Chaka

- How Thomas Mofolo's Chaka Turned the Zulu Monarch into a Messiah
Engelsk Hardback

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Although Chaka is considered an African literary masterpiece, Thomas Mofolo has paradoxically been dismissed by critics as an author naively extolling the virtues of the white man’s “civilizing mission” in Africa. Daniel M. Mengara’s Colonial Discourse and the Jesus-fication of King Chaka: How Thomas Mofolo’s Chaka Turned the Zulu Monarch into a Messiah offers a rereading of Chaka to show that Mofolo in fact astutely deconstructs, and then reconstructs, Zulu king Chaka into a messianic figure whose life trajectory and destiny blasphemously mirror those of Jesus Christ. This volume avoids the pitfalls of the traditional “mission interpretations” of Chaka and provides an interpretative inflection that paints a more nuanced and balanced picture and understanding of Thomas Molofo’s fictional account of the mythologized historical figure. Mengara delves into the circumstances and controversies surrounding the publication of the novel and shows how Molofo “Jesus-fied” King Chaka in a sly, yet sacrilegious ploy to subvert the colonial discourse and missionary ethos of his time. This book stands as a reassessment of Thomas Mofolo’s often-ignored nationalism and calls for a rediscovery of Mofolo’s work in ways that resituate him within the history of the African novel as the undisputed pioneer of engaged African literature.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
214
ISBN-13:
9781793650955
Indbinding:
Hardback
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ISBN-10:
1793650950
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Udg. Dato:
30 aug 2024
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
159mm
Højde:
236mm
Forlag:
Lexington Books
Oplagsdato:
30 aug 2024
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