This book examines the representation of dictators and dictatorships in African fiction. It examines how the texts clarify the origins of postcolonial dictatorships and explore the shape of the democratic-egalitarian alternatives. The first chapter explains the ¿neoliberal¿ period after the 1970s as an effective ¿recolonization¿ of Africa by Western states and international financial institutions. Dictatorship is theorised as a form of concentrated economic and political power that facilitates Africäs continued dependency in the context of world capitalism. The deepest aspiration of anti- colonial revolution remains the democratization of these authoritarian states inherited from the colonial period. This book discusses four novels by Ng¿g¿ wa Thiong¿o, Ahmadou