Temas Subtemas
1. Colonial and postcolonial anglophone countries in Africa and the Caribbean: Introduction to history and theory.
1.1. Colonial and postcolonial anglophone countries: a socio-historical introduction.
1.2. Key concepts in postcolonial criticism and theory: national, cultural and linguistic identities.
1.3. Key approaches to postcolonial criticism and gender issues.
2. Postcolonial literatures in English.

3. On recurrent themes and subthemes in postcolonial literatures. 		2.1. Postcolonial literatures in Africa: Achebe, Nwapa, Aidoo, Darko, Adichie, Dangarembga, Atta, and other authors.
2.2. Postcolonial literatures in the Caribbean (West Indies): Olive Senior, Edwidge Danticat, Jean "Binta" Breeze, Louise Bennet, Jamaica Kincaid, Bob Marley, and other authors.
2.3. Postcolonial literatures in the African Diaspora: Caryl Phillips, Bernardine Evaristo, Grace Nichols, Jackie Kay, Olive Senior, Samuel Selvon, David Dabyeen, Linton Kwesi Johnson, James Berry, Taiye Selasi, and other authors.
3.1. Physical and psycological journeys.
3.2. Identity crisis (unbelongin/ Aculturation traumas.
3.3. Choosing to stay, to leave, to come back home.
3.4. Female versus Male versus Homesexual discourses.
4. Towards transnational and diaspora studies 4.1. Key concepts in transnational and diaspora studies
4.2. Transnational and diaspora literatures in Europe, US, and elsewhere.
4.3. Flexible borders, multiple homes, navegating plurality, writing & rewriting labels, cultural appropriations, moving beyond boundaries.