A Tale Of Two Africas

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A Tale Of Two Colonies

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Author : Virginia Bernhard
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2011-12-01

A Tale Of Two Colonies written by Virginia Bernhard and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-01 with History categories.

In 1609, two years after its English founding, colonists struggled to stay alive in a tiny fort at Jamestown.John Smith fought to keep order, battling both English and Indians. When he left, desperate colonists ate lizards, rats, and human flesh. Surviving accounts of the “Starving Time” differ, as do modern scholars’ theories. Meanwhile, the Virginia-bound Sea Venture was shipwrecked on Bermuda, the dreaded, uninhabited “Isle of Devils.” The castaways’ journals describe the hurricane at sea as well as murders and mutinies on land. Their adventures are said to have inspired Shakespeare’s The Tempest. A year later, in 1610, the Bermuda castaways sailed to Virginia in two small ships they had built. They arrived in Jamestown to find many people in the last stages of starvation; abandoning the colony seemed their only option. Then, in what many people thought was divine providence, three English ships sailed into Chesapeake Bay. Virginia was saved, but the colony’s troubles were far from over. Despite glowing reports from Virginia Company officials, disease, inadequate food, and fear of Indians plagued the colony. The company poured thousands of pounds sterling and hundreds of new settlers into its venture but failed to make a profit, and many of the newcomers died. Bermuda—with plenty of food, no native population, and a balmy climate—looked much more promising, and in fact, it became England’s second New World colony in 1612. In this fascinating tale of England’s first two New World colonies, Bernhard links Virginia and Bermuda in a series of unintended consequences resulting from natural disaster, ignorance of native cultures, diplomatic intrigue, and the fateful arrival of the first Africans in both colonies. Written for general as well as academic audiences, A Tale of Two Colonies examines the existing sources on the colonies, sets them in a transatlantic context, and weighs them against circumstantial evidence. From diplomatic correspondence and maps in the Spanish archives to recent archaeological discoveries at Jamestown, Bernhard creates an intriguing history. To weave together the stories of the two colonies, which are fraught with missing pieces, she leaves nothing unexamined: letters written in code, adventurers’ narratives, lists of Africans in Bermuda, and the minutes of committees in London. Biographical details of mariners, diplomats, spies, Indians, Africans, and English colonists also enrich the narrative. While there are common stories about both colonies, Bernhard shakes myth free from truth and illuminates what is known—as well as what we may never know—about the first English colonies in the New World.

Dance Of The Jakaranda

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Author : Peter Kimani
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2021-05-26

Dance Of The Jakaranda written by Peter Kimani and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-26 with Fiction categories.

"This funny, perceptive and ambitious work of historical fiction by a Kenyan poet and novelist explores his country's colonial past and its legacy." — The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice Set in the shadow of Kenya's independence from Great Britain, Dance of the Jakaranda reimagines the special circumstances that brought black, brown and white men together to lay the railroad that heralded the birth of the nation. The novel traces the lives and loves of three men—preacher Richard Turnbull, the colonial administrator Ian McDonald, and Indian technician Babu Salim—whose lives intersect when they are implicated in the controversial birth of a child. Years later, when Babu's grandson Rajan—who ekes out a living by singing Babu's epic tales of the railway's construction—accidentally kisses a mysterious stranger in a dark nightclub, the encounter provides the spark to illuminate the three men's shared, murky past. With its riveting multiracial, multicultural cast and diverse literary allusions, Dance of the Jakaranda could well be a story of globalization. Yet the novel is firmly anchored in the African oral storytelling tradition, its language a dreamy, exalted, and earthy mix that creates new thresholds of identity, providing a fresh metaphor for race in contemporary Africa. "Destined to become one of the greats . . . This is not hyperbole: it's a masterpiece." — The Gazette "A fascinating part of Kenya's history, real and imagined, is revealed and reclaimed by one of its own." — Minneapolis Star Tribune "Kimani's novel has an impressive breadth and scope." — Los Angeles Review of Books "Highlighted by its exquisite voice, Kimani's novel is a standout debut." — Publishers Weekly "Lyrical and powerful." — Kirkus Reviews

African Tales 2

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Author : M.N. Akinwunmi-Othman
language : en
Publisher: Akin Othman Books
Release Date : 2019-11-26

African Tales 2 written by M.N. Akinwunmi-Othman and has been published by Akin Othman Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-26 with Fiction categories.

As well being a source of entertainment for millennia, the telling of stories in Africa has been an important way to communicate vital life-lessons across the generations. African culture, wisdom and morals were preserved in this way both prior to, and after colonisation of the continent. The thought-provoking stories collected within ‘African Tales Two’ are inspired by the stories told to the author as a young boy, as he sat enthralled on his Grandmother’s knees in Nigeria. The book is more than just a collection of tales themed around various engaging characters. It is a significant contribution to the rediscovery and revitalisation of African heritage. Part One of the book chronicles an expedition into the ‘Forest of the Djins’ and the ‘Land of the Dead’ by a man in search of an heir. Part Two is a collection of short stories - each of which tell us much about the morals, etiquette and values found within African culture.

Graphic Scenes In African Story

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Author : Charles Bruce (writer of tales.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888

Graphic Scenes In African Story written by Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with categories.

Two Anansi Stories Two West African Anansi Tales

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Author : Anon E Mouse
language : en
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2016-04-14

Two Anansi Stories Two West African Anansi Tales written by Anon E Mouse and has been published by Abela Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-14 with Juvenile Fiction categories.

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 07 In issue 7 of the Baba Indaba children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates two more Anansi stories about the mischievous antics of Anansi the West African trickster spider. The stories are ? WHY THE JACK-SPANIARD'S WAIST IS SMALL and THE KING AND THE ANT'S TREE. BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN?S STORIES FOR ONLY $1 33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. ÿ INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES ÿ Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".

A Handbook On Counseling African American Women

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Author : Kimber Shelton
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2022-02-04

A Handbook On Counseling African American Women written by Kimber Shelton and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-04 with Psychology categories.

** WINNER of the the 2023 Association for Women in Psychology Distinguished Publication Award** Through an intersectional and inclusive lens, this book provides mental health professionals with a detailed overview of the mental health issues that Black women face as well as the best approach to culturally competent psychological practice with Black women. This text details mental health needs and treatment interventions for Black women. It provides a historical context of how the lived experiences of Black women contribute to mental wellness, identifies effective psychological practices in working with Black women, and challenges readers to advance their cultural competence while providing culturally affirming care to Black women. Additionally, this text is inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity diversity, and it honors the diversity within Black women's identities, relationships, roles, and families. Written by an expert team of Black women clinicians, researchers, and medical professionals, A Handbook on Counseling African American Women: Psychological Symptoms, Treatments, and Case Studies addresses current sociopolitical events as well as historical trauma as it prepares readers to meet the needs of the Black women they serve.

The Annotated African American Folktales The Annotated Books

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Author : Henry Louis Gates Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2017-11-14

The Annotated African American Folktales The Annotated Books written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-14 with Literary Collections categories.

Winner • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction) Winner • Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award Holiday Gift Guide Selection • Indiewire, San Francisco Chronicle, and Minneapolis Star-Tribune These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature. Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume. Following in the tradition of such classics as Arthur Huff Fauset’s “Negro Folk Tales from the South” (1927), Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men (1935), and Virginia Hamilton’s The People Could Fly (1985), acclaimed scholars Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar assemble a groundbreaking collection of folktales, myths, and legends that revitalizes a vibrant African American past to produce the most comprehensive and ambitious collection of African American folktales ever published in American literary history. Arguing for the value of these deceptively simple stories as part of a sophisticated, complex, and heterogeneous cultural heritage, Gates and Tatar show how these remarkable stories deserve a place alongside the classic works of African American literature, and American literature more broadly. Opening with two introductory essays and twenty seminal African tales as historical background, Gates and Tatar present nearly 150 African American stories, among them familiar Brer Rabbit classics, but also stories like “The Talking Skull” and “Witches Who Ride,” as well as out-of-print tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman. Beginning with the figure of Anansi, the African trickster, master of improvisation—a spider who plots and weaves in scandalous ways—The Annotated African American Folktales then goes on to draw Caribbean and Creole tales into the orbit of the folkloric canon. It retrieves stories not seen since the Harlem Renaissance and brings back archival tales of “Negro folklore” that Booker T. Washington proclaimed had emanated from a “grapevine” that existed even before the American Revolution, stories brought over by slaves who had survived the Middle Passage. Furthermore, Gates and Tatar’s volume not only defines a new canon but reveals how these folktales were hijacked and misappropriated in previous incarnations, egregiously by Joel Chandler Harris, a Southern newspaperman, as well as by Walt Disney, who cannibalized and capitalized on Harris’s volumes by creating cartoon characters drawn from this African American lore. Presenting these tales with illuminating annotations and hundreds of revelatory illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, more fundamentally, inspire and keep hope alive. The Annotated African American Folktales includes: Introductory essays, nearly 150 African American stories, and 20 seminal African tales as historical background The familiar Brer Rabbit classics, as well as news-making vernacular tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman An entire section of Caribbean and Latin American folktales that finally become incorporated into the canon Approximately 200 full-color, museum-quality images

African Short Stories

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Author : Chinua Achebe
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann
Release Date : 1987

African Short Stories written by Chinua Achebe and has been published by Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Education categories.

A collection of stories by African writers which deal with life and customs in African society.

African Research Documentation

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

African Research Documentation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Africa categories.

Yes Africa Can

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Author : Punam Chuhan-Pole
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2011-06-24

Yes Africa Can written by Punam Chuhan-Pole and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-24 with Business & Economics categories.

Takes an in-depth look at twenty-six economic and social development successes in Sub-Saharan African countries, and addresses how these countries have overcome major developmental challenges.