Over the past twenty years the voices of African immigrants to Europe and their Euro-African children have been more and more expressed through literature. This issue of Matatu, Journal for
African Culture and Society is devoted to an exploration of these voices. Bekers (British and Postcolonial literatures, University of Brussels) and Helff (new literatures in English, University
of Frankfurt) have chosen essays that discuss the literature of the immigrant experience. Some of the authors are from former colonies of their adopted countries, but others come from areas
with no connection to it. The first two sections look at authors in Spain, Italy, Belgium and Scandinavia, where Euro-African literature is new. Several focus on specific authors. The third
section focuses on film, theater and art, including that created in Africa about the emigrant experience. The final section mixes points of view between the host countries and the authors. The
book ends with two short stories, one in French the other in English. It is intriguing that both of these, by African-born authors, only peripherally mention Africa or cultural differences.
They both address human quandaries that are universally understandable. Price converted from Euros. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
