The volume emerged from five years of collaboration between French scholars Cazenave (Boston U.) and C矇l矇rier (Vassar College) both in the US and in Africa. They explain that they translate
engagement from the French, where it means political involvement of the intellectual class, a concept that has become pass矇 not only in France but also the rest of Europe and the US. But not in
Africa, they find. Working across genres but focusing on the novel, they explore enduring commitments, the practice of memory, new aesthetics, the publishing industry, the Internet, and
criticism. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
