A Flemish Reading of Multilingualism in Chika Unigwe’s Fiction

Elisabeth Bekers

Abstract

In this paper I offer a case study of the multilingual practices of Flemish-Nigerian writer Chika Unigwe, both in terms of publishing her writing and in terms of the literary strategies she used within her writing. To support my discussion of the former I will situate her writing in its broader contexts of diasporic African writing in general and of Dutch-language literature by authors of African descent. In my discussion of the latter I offer a comparison of multilingualism in the English original of her second novel On Black Sisters' Street (2009) and in its Dutch translation (Fata Morgana, 2007).

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 24 May 2012
Event	Challenging the Myth of Monologingualism - Universiteit Leiden , Leiden, Netherlands Duration: 23 May 2012 → 24 May 2012

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Conference	Challenging the Myth of Monologingualism
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Leiden
Period	23/05/12 → 24/05/12

Keywords

multilingualism
Chika Unigwe
African literature in Flanders, Belgium
diasporic African literature
On Black Sisters' Street
The Phoenix

Challenging the Myth of Monologingualism
Elisabeth Bekers (Member)
23 May 2012 → 24 May 2012
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A Flemish Reading of Multilingualism in Chika Unigwe’s Fiction

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