Alain Atouba

Discursive Construction of the Black Migrant Subject in Nativas (2008) by Inongo-vi-Makomè and Calella Sen Saída (2001) by Víctor Omgbá

The two books examined in this article highlight the complexities of identity issues in contemporary multicultural Spain. The authors examine the dominant narratives surrounding otherness as they relate to black African immigrants, highlighting the perspectives and assumptions held by white discourse. The outcome decisively employs rhetorical strategies to construct a fictional immigrant through clear and distinct stereotypical portrayals. Thus, in Nativas by Inongo-vi-Makomè, the black man becomes a sex beast. In Víctor Omgbá’s Calella sen saída, immigrants who are marginalized are placed on the edges of Spanish society, reduced to a distorted image within a civilized community.