艾丽丝·沃克是蜚声世界文坛的美国当代非裔小说家。在创作中,她认识到惟有汲取根源于非洲的优秀价值观念、生活模式和风俗习惯,传承黑人民族文化,才能提高民族的自尊、自信和自强,才能在势头强劲的白人主流文化中立于不败之地。她的非洲文化情结在其代表作《紫色》中得到了淋漓尽致的发挥,生动地体现出作者对非洲文化遗产的热爱和民族自豪感。 Alice Walker is a contemporary African-American novelist who is renowned in the world of literature. In her writing, she realized that only by drawing on the excellent values, lifestyles and customs rooted in Africa, and inheriting the black ethnic culture can she enhance her self-esteem, self-confidence and self-reliance in order to win an unbeaten run in the strong mainstream white culture place. Her African cultural complex has been vividly demonstrated in her masterpiece “Purple”, vividly showing her love for the African cultural heritage and her pride in her country.