Introduction: Evoking Spectres in History.

Chapter 1: Literary Archaeology: The Uncovering and Recovering of Historical Memory in Toni Morrison¿s Beloved.

Chapter 2: Articulating `Silence¿: The Language of Death as Memory in Ama Ata Aidoo¿s The Dilemma of a Ghost.

Chapter 3: Bloodlines and Blurred lines: Contested Memories and Freedom in Barbara Chase-Riboud¿s Sally Hemings.

Chapter 4: The Limitations of `History¿: Chika Ezeanyäs Re-visioning of the Early Years of Olaudah Equiano and Slavery in Before We Set Sail.

Chapter 5: Wreckages of History: The Past as Ongoing in Amiri Barakäs Slave Ship: A Historical Pageant.

Chapter 6: The Magic of `History¿ and Contradictions of `Return¿ to the M(other) land in Syl Cheney-Coker¿s The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar.

Conclusion: Defining Silences.