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To bloom in America: Raising Black Awareness Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie´s Americanah (2013) and NoViolet Bulawayo´s We Need Names (2013)
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Esta dissertação visa analisar o neologismo Afropolitanismo e o modo como este é desafiado por obras de literatura africana contemporânea através da desconstrução do conceito de “Africanos do mundo”, popularizado por Taiye Selasi, e através da reformulação das suas características. Assim, os romances Americanah (2013) de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie e We Need New Names (2013) de NoViolet Bulawayo foram as obras escolhidas para esta análise, uma vez que são retratos ficcionais de mobilidade contemporânea Africana que apresentam diferentes perspetivas deste conceito. Ao analisar o percurso de vida das personagens, Ifemelu e Darling, este estudo pretende apresentar outras interpretações do Afropolitanismo que são mais adequadas para descrever os romances em questão. Esta análise irá então tentar compreender não só como é que a identidade das protagonistas foi formada ao fazerem parte da diáspora Africana, mas também como é que um choque cultural influenciou o seu processo de desenvolvimento.
This dissertation aims to analyze the neologism Afropolitanism and how it is challenged by contemporary African novels, deconstructing Taiye Selasi’s popularized concept of “Africans of the world” and reformulating its characteristics. Therefore, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah (2013) and NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names (2013) were the novels chosen for this analysis, since both are fictional portraits of African contemporary mobility which present different perspectives of this concept. Through an analysis of the characters’, Ifemelu and Darling, life journey, this study will present other interpretations of Afropolitanism that are considered more suitable to describe the novels in question. This analysis will try to understand not only how the protagonists’ identity was constructed as being part of the African diaspora but also how a cultural shock had an impact on their process of maturation.
This dissertation aims to analyze the neologism Afropolitanism and how it is challenged by contemporary African novels, deconstructing Taiye Selasi’s popularized concept of “Africans of the world” and reformulating its characteristics. Therefore, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah (2013) and NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names (2013) were the novels chosen for this analysis, since both are fictional portraits of African contemporary mobility which present different perspectives of this concept. Through an analysis of the characters’, Ifemelu and Darling, life journey, this study will present other interpretations of Afropolitanism that are considered more suitable to describe the novels in question. This analysis will try to understand not only how the protagonists’ identity was constructed as being part of the African diaspora but also how a cultural shock had an impact on their process of maturation.
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Identidade Emigração Diáspora Globalização Cultura Cosmopolitismo Identity Globalization Culture Cosmopolitanism