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The article explores how queer Afrotopia serves as a transformative model for envisioning African futures in literature.

June 27, 2026FrancosphèresOpen Access

Queer Afrotopias

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The article explores how queer Afrotopia serves as a transformative model for envisioning African futures in literature.
Examines Werewere Liking’s Elle sera de jaspe et de corail and Mohammed Mbougar Sarr’s De purs hommes.
Utilizes queer African studies and postcolonial thought in its analysis.
Focuses on close readings to reveal the texts' themes of queerness and Afrotopian frameworks.
Demonstrates that queerness is central to reconfiguring African subjectivity and imagination.
Shows that ritual and cyclical temporality are crucial in constructing a speculative vision.
Argues that Afrotopian renewal is inseparable from the integration of queer lives and imaginaries.

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This article examines queer Afrotopian narratives in francophone African literature, suggesting new possibilities for African futures.

Joachim Adams (2026) studied this question.

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