Forests in fiction are often understood simply as settings, symbols, or remnants of a premodern past. Yet many African novelists have turned to the forest to experiment with worldbuilding and to imagine new futures. This groundbreaking book explores the life of the forest in African fiction, showing how writers have used it to reinvent the novel’s formal, aesthetic, and political possibilities. Read more at Columbia University Press.
Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think by Ainehi Edoro
Published: Jan 06, 2026 by Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231220750
Price: $46.00
Format: Paperback / softback | Trade paperback (US)
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