The Postcolonial Animal: African Literature and Posthuman Ethics by Evan Maina Mwanga

African culture is intimately connected with animals, from literature to spirituality; non-human animals are central to African beliefs and practices. Animals are featured extensively in African literature and are prominent in philosophy and political movements. But despite this, Africans are rarely featured in animal rights discourse. This book provides an incredible look at how African philosophy, religion, politics and folktales have all played a central role in calling for animals to be treated humanely. This work analyzes works by authors that imagine a world where animals are not oppressed. It demonstrates that vegan ethics do not originate in the West but can be seen across the world and significantly across the African continent. 

Title: The Postcolonial Animal: African Literature and Posthuman Ethics

Author: Evan Maina Mwanga

Part of the African Perspectives series (14 books)

ISBN: 978-0472054190 

Publisher: University of Michigan Press 

Evan Maina Mwanga is a Kenyan author who now teaches 20th Century Anglophone African Literature. He is a vegan that draws from the African Indigenous tradition as a source of his vegan ethics.

Abdourahamane Ly, guest curator for Veganuary at Global Literature in Libraries Initiative, has been vegan for the past seven years now. He is extremely passionate about animal rights and encouraging more humans, especially Africans, to go vegan. He was born in Guinea in West Africa but spent the last 13 years in China. He is currently in Rwanda spreading the vegan message. You can follow him on Instagram at @fulanivegan and X at @fulanivegan.