“In the Realm of the Beyond: Cross-border Life, Pan- Africanism and Identity in Kourouma’s Novels”

Abstract

As a result of unprecedented migration in our contemporary world, identity-related themes, border issues, and hybridization have often occupied center-stage in academic and socio-political debates. Never insulated from these socio-cultural currents, African literature has often been a valorized site of displacement-related discourse. Using the case of cross-border life in Africa as a starting point, this paper contributes to the dialogue by analyzing Ahmadou Ahmadou Kourouma’s thematization of Pan-Africanism, deterritorialization, and identity.