Introduction

The Afro-American literature has always been conceived as rich, vast and varied since it is constantly developing, adapting to modern influences and simultaneously; influencing the contemporary writing. More than that, it is a literature which evolved with the aim of giving birth to a powerful voice that has been for a long time suffocated. In this context, the literary domain has been exploited by the African American poets and novelists in order to highlight the cruel reality that was prevailing in their Black community.