FICTION AND THE OTHER READER.

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    • Subject Terms:
      EUROPE; AFRICA
    • Abstract:
      The article investigates the use of popular European imperial adventure romance books in Africa and discusses how European fiction was met with new strategies of interpretation and enjoyment. A survey of reading preferences in the capital Accra concluded that African readers of the immediate pre-independence period were passive in their tastes due to the restricted amount of books in colonial Africa, limited promotion and the political neutral developments of post-war language teaching projects such as Basic English and the New Method. Romance and fantasy books were encouraged while indigenous stories were avoided. Observation also shows the self-improvement among African readers as well as their distrust of privilege.