The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar
| Author | Syl Cheney-Coker |
|---|---|
| Country | Sierra Leone |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Heinemann International Incorporated |
Publication date | 1991 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Award | 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. |
| ISBN | 978-0-435-90572-9 |
The last harmattan of Alusine Dunbar is a novel by Syl Cheney-Coker. It won the Africa region of the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
Plot[edit]
The novel, ambitious in scope, describes the entire history of a fictional country, Malagueta, with roots in the Atlantic slave trade from 1787, through post-colonialism.
It is a fictionalized account similar to Sierra Leone or Liberia, both populated partly by former slaves). The novel is intended as a break with the tradition of the African novel. It draws both on the peculiar histories of the post-slavery nations of northwest Africa and on literatures from outside of the continent.[1][2]
Analysis[edit]
The novel uses magical realism to comment on events by a prophet in the after-life.[3][4][5]
Bibliography[edit]
- Cheney-Coker, Syl (1990). The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar. Oxford: Heinemann International Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-435-90572-9.
References[edit]
- ^ "The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar". www.litencyc.com. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "Cheney-Coker: The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar". The Modern Novel. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar by Syl Cheney-Coker". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ bloomsbury.com. "The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ Olúbùnmi Smith, Pamela J. "The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar by Syl Cheney-Coker". Goodrich Scholarship Faculty Publications.