Dalit Writings in India and Black Writings in Africa have each been unique genres of writing, highlighting the defining role of caste and race respectively in the evolution of their coming of age separately. Yet on closer scrutiny, as this significant anthology of essays by renowned scholars shows, the uniqueness of either literary experience lends itself to a meaningful comparison with the other not only in terms master/servant socio-political paradigm but also in terms of the theoretical formulations underlying both as also in the choice of genres like the autobiography for creative expression.
Dalit Writings in India and Black Writings in Africa have each been unique genres of writing, highlighting the defining role of caste and race respectively in the evolution of their coming of age separately. Yet on closer scrutiny, as this significant anthology of essays by renowned scholars shows, the uniqueness of either literary experience lends itself to a meaningful comparison with the other not only in terms master/servant socio-political paradigm but also in terms of the theoretical formulations underlying both as also in the choice of genres like the autobiography for creative expression.