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The chapter covers the mid- to late Cold War period in three parts. The first part deals with the politics and literature of the 1960s (when Rhodesia announced Unilateral Declaration of Independence and Zambia hosted liberation groups from the region); the second addresses the 1970s (when Angola and Mozambique gained independence and the Zimbabwe war and the anti-apartheid struggle intensified); and the third covers the 1980s (when Zimbabwe achieved independence and South Africa devised a ‘total strategy’ to destabilise the region). Avoiding the pitfalls of reflection theory and relying instead on a version of world systems theory, the chapter charts how, in a period marked by political pressures and violence, black authors used the novel form to articulate sophisticated and emancipatory international political standpoints. |
