Africa as a Metaphor: Lorraine Hansberry’s African Writing in A Raisin in the Sun

Abstract

Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) was regarded as one of the most important African-American playwrights in American literature. This paper focuses on the writing of Africa in A Raisin in the Sun, the most important play written by Hansberry. By constructing Africa as a metaphorical space, Hansberry attempted to transcend the geo-political reality of Africa and to explore the very human connections between people of different countries and ideologies.