Les effets néfastes de la dictature en Afrique dans l'ex-père de la nation d'Aminata Saw Fall et Branle-bas en noir et blanc de Mongo Beti

Authors: Ibrahim Ya'u, Ijah Gideon

Department: Dept. of French, FCT COE Zuba / NSU Keffi

Date: 16/06/2025

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During the colonial period, the African literary world witnessed a surge in anticolonialism novels, novels of denunciation, and contestation. Before the emergence of the first African anticolonialism authors, there were literary texts dedicated to colonial Africa, but produced by Westerners who were passing through the African continent or by some colonizers in French colonies. Some of these texts depicted the exotic side of Africa, demonstrating their supposed perfect mastery of African cultures and peoples. Others attempted to justify the wellfounded and humanitarian aspects of colonization. As independence approached, African novels became a powerful tool for anticolonialism struggle until independence was achieved. However, the acquisition of independence by African countries did not mark a break from colonial politics. It rather proved a continuation of it. The expected change was only observed at the level of leadership, while the practices remained the same or even became worst. The new oppressors being African elites who succeeded the colonial masters. These new masters gradually established a new form of political power, namely dictatorship, in Francophone Africa. Against this issue, committed African writers like Mongo Beti, Ahmadou Kourouma, and Sony Labou obviously took a remarkable stance, as did writers from all over Africa. Keywords: Colonization, independence, dictatorship, corruption, politics.