International Multilingual Journal of Contemporary Research

L’éducation Dans la Littérature Afro-Antillaise : Une Lecture Comparée
MA. Julien Ekiaka-Oblazamengo, Dr. Marie-Chantal Kalisa, Dr. Valentin Ekiaka Nzai

Abstract
Sub-Saharan and Caribbean Francophone literature is called ‘fighting literature’. For years, slavery and colonialism suggested an intellectual supremacy of one race over another (Irele, 1965). Most of the novels from this literature condemn these racial stereotypes, and tend to provide cultural and intellectual proves of African and Caribbean people, even though they have been defined as inferior. In this comparative paper, we analyze the theme of education through the following novels: Une Si Longue Lettre (Bâ, 2007), Pluie et Vent sur Télumée Miracle (Schwarz-Bart, 1972), La femme aux Pieds-nus (Mukasonga, 2008), Une vie de Boy (Oyono, 1956), and Traversée de la Mangrove (Condé, 2008). In order to promote the development of intellectual and moral aptitudes in African and Caribbean literature, we discuss different types of knowledge from each novel. The examination of the following question will guide this analysis: to what extent do the novels authors contribute to educating members of their own society?

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