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1. African Youth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture

   Identity Quest

   Edited by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Lindah Mhando

   Series: Routledge African Studies

   This book explores how African youth are depicted in contemporary literature and popular culture, and discusses the different ways by which they attempt to construct personal and cultural identities through popular culture and social media outlets. The contributors approach the subject from an...

   To Be Published September 25th 2013 by Routledge
2. Representing Africa in Children's Literature

   Old and New Ways of Seeing

   By Vivian Yenika-Agbaw

   Series: Children's Literature and Culture

   Representing Africa in Children’s Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically examining the dominant images of Africa and Africans in books published between 1960 and 2005. The book focuses on contemporary children’s and young...

   Published September 18th 2011 by Routledge