At penpoint: African literatures, postcolonial studies, and the Cold War

Pens and guns : literary autonomy, artistic commitment and secret sponsorships

Aesthetic world-systems : mythologies of modernism and realism

Creating futures, producing theory : strike, revolution and the morning after

The hot Cold War : rewriting the global conflict through southern Africa

Conclusion. From postcolonial to world literature studies : the continued relevance of the Cold War.