The book is a treasure trove of resources, bringing into view the scale and variety of the field of queer African studies and setting out a series of interesting discursive formations. RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES The range of Zabus's reading is awesome, her analysis of the literature is illuminating and her building of the ... Read morebroad picture is a major intellectual achievement. SLIPNET Chantal Zabus's Out in Africa may greatly benefit scholars interested in contemporary African literatures and global queer identities. Out in Africa confirms Zabus's intellectual depth, vast range of literary and theoretical knowledge, and her commitment to exploring the dynamic literary of sexualities within Africa. AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY Particularly useful to a range of students coming to this field for the first time, given that such a wide geographic range of fiction is considered. AFRICA IN WORDS.COM There are many noteworthy and fascinating deliberations in this book. JOURNAL OF POST-COLONIAL WRITING The scope of the study is vast . . . [Zabus] treats colonial and postcolonial writers, both Apartheid and post-Apartheid. . . . [T]he plethora of writers and works discussed is a major contribution. CHOICE Show Less