Camfranglais: The Making of a New Language in Cameroonian Literature

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This study raises awareness to the emergence of a new genre in world literature-hybridized literature. It rejects the assumption according to which literatures written in less commonly taught languages should be subsumed into one universally accessible global idiom. Instead, Vakunta challenges literary scholars and readers of literature to regard untranslatability as the key to cross-cultural engagement. The book's multiple approaches and innumerable sources generate complex interdisciplinary connections and provide an excellent introduction to a complex literary phenomenon alien to literati resident outside the officially bilingual multicultural and multilingual Republic of Cameroon. Cover Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Contents Acknowledgement Preface 1. The Post-colony Writes Back 2. Camfranglais: The Making of a New Language in Cameroon 3. The Signifying Monkey: Le Camfranglais, quelle parlure? 4. Literary Camfranglais in Mercédès Fouda's Je parle camerounais: pour un renouveau francofaune 5. Fictionalizing Camfranglais in Fonkou's Moi taximan 6. Streetwise French in Nganang's Temps de chien 7. Camfranglais and the Question of Orality in Cameroonian Literature 8. Conclusion Works cited Glossary/Glossaire Index Back Cover