Arrested Clandestine Odysseys in Sefi Attaâs âTwilight Trekâ and Marie NDiayeâs Trois femmes puissantes

Anna-Leena Toivanen

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This chapter explores the precarious form of mobility exemplified in Sub-Saharan African aspiring migrantsâ odysseys across the Sahara towards the Mediterranean. These journeys are characterised by insecurity: the itinerary is subject to continuous revision, and reaching the destination is never obvious. The chapter analyses Sefi Attaâs short story âTwilight Trekâ (2009) together with the third part of Marie NDiayeâs triptych Trois femmes puissantes (2010). By focusing on tropes pertaining to identity, mobility, and slavery, this chapter draws attention to the way in which Attaâs and NDiayeâs texts convey the idea of the precariousness of the arrested migratory endeavour and exclude the underprivileged travellers from the orbit of cosmopolitanism.

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Mobilities and Cosmopolitanisms in African and Afrodiasporic Literatures

Series:Â Textxet: Studies in Comparative Literature, Volume: 95

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004444751

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 24 Feb 2021

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