Abstract:This article discusses the power relations in emergent Angola in Predadores, a novel written by Pepetela, one of the most intriguing Angolan scholars nowadays. By analyzing how the author narrates the "other", in particular, the appropriation of the public by the private sector, we can identify the contours of his political stance. The main themes on the power relations focused on the novel evidence that his literature structures extremely clever socio-political criticism of both Angolan contemporary society a… Show more
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