Of Suffocated Hearts And Tortured Souls Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Writing New H(er)stories for Francophone Women of Africa and the Caribbean	1
1	The Politics of Race and Patriarchy in Suzanne Lacascade's Claire-Solange, ame africaine	37
2	Home Is Where I Eat My Bread: Multiculturality and Becoming Multiple in Leila Hoauri's Zeida de nulle part	51
3	Self-Loathing, Self-Sacrifice: Michele Lacrosil's Cajou and Myriam Warner-Vieyria's Juletane	73
4	Out(in)side the Confinement of Cultures: Marie Chauvet's Amour, Colere, et Folie and Mariama Ba's Un Chant ecarlate	97
5	Rooms and Prisons, Sex and Sin: Places of Sequestration in Nina Bouraoui's La Voyeuse Interdite and Calixthe Beyala's Tu t'appelleras Tanga	125
6	War, Revolution, and Family Matters: Yamina Mechakra's La Grotte eclatee and Hajer Djilani's Et Pourtant le ciel etait bleu	147
7	Feminine Voices and H(er)stories: Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et Vent sur Telumee Miracle and Aminata Sow Fall's Douceurs du bercail	165
	Epilogue: Transgressing Boundaries, Reconstructing Stories	181
	Bibliography	187
	Index	193