چکیده (انگلیسی):

This paper argues that writers of African literature during colonialism differed in their portrayal of sexuality,
particularly that which was considered deviant by nature, because of their need to build an ‘upright’ African image, no
matter how artificial this was. The paper looks at how the political environment dictated sexual expression amongst
characters and that the urban setting was more candid in its narrative style. There was also a total blackout on
homosexuality between characters and where this took place, it was presented as something that was alien to the
African culture in general and to the personality in particular. Writers who depicted pre-colonial settings limited
sexuality to procreation and as a comment to the African’s link with the ancestors. There is also a correlation between
the geographic location of texts and the degree of sexualexpression that the writer engages in. As such the paper argues
that sexual deviance is depicted as a matter of geography over and above thematic concerns.