By relating literatures from the Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Indian Ocean beyond their specificities, this essay is a timely intervention in the increasingly prominent field of francophone postcolonial ecopoetics. Buekensâ readings â on rampant urbanisation, the disastrous effects of oil extraction, or entanglements between waste and social violence â show that Africaâs ecological complexities find compelling literary expressions through play with genres, magic realism, or aesthetics of anti-tropicalisation. Panoramic in perspective, yet attached to form and style, the study offers stimulating insights into a distinctive âAfrican ecocritismâ which contributes to renewing the paradigms of literary criticism about the Continent
â Markus Arnold, University of Cape Town
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Sara Buekens
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