Examine Africa as a literal and psychic space in Praisesong for the Widow by Paule Marshall and Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat. What is the relationship characters have with the Motherland? Why is this relationship important? What does Africa give Black characters in these two books?
I do not own the books but there are summaries and essays written about them on the internet. In order to source the material I don’t know how that would work out.