What did modernist authors sought to do

They had an idea of making it new, that is, of making a new type of literature with the person being at the center of attention. They wanted to show that people are complex and not just archetypes in a society and that regardless of how you behave publicly, you also have a deep psychological side to you that nobody knows and that motivates you and affects your behavior.

It developed as a reaction to the impact of european colonialism in africa on peoples of african descent. in the  mid-20th century, activists in africa adopted pan-africanism as a rallying cry for independence from colonial rule. some african pan-africanists sought to unite the continent as one independenthope it was useful