A Wreath For Udomo
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A Wreath For Udomo Faber Editions
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Author : Peter Abrahams
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2022-11-01
A Wreath For Udomo Faber Editions written by Peter Abrahams and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-01 with Fiction categories.
'The forerunner of an entire school of African literary art.' Sunday Times Those men who are history now; did they feel like this? A 1950s Hampstead pub; a freezing night. Lois can't tear her eyes away from the haunted, restless African man in the corner. Over brandy and stew, she discovers he is in awe of her friend, Panafrica's greatest political writer and fighter. Their meeting inducts this stranger, Udomo, into London's revolutionary community of exiled African activists: the start of a life-changing journey. Amidst the internal politics and love affairs, Udomo is inspired by other leaders' independence uprisings; but when he returns to his native land to overthrow the colonial oppressors, his idealism is put to the ultimate test ... Inspired by Peter Abrahams' befriending of future African heads of state in mid-century London , A Wreath for Udomo (1956) is a radical lost classic, unforgettably exploring the nature of freedom, power, leadership and love.
A Wreath For Udomo
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Author : Peter Abrahams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
A Wreath For Udomo written by Peter Abrahams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Africa categories.
"The white man was generally considered the chief hurdle to African freedom by the young revolutionaries exiled to England. But when Udomo, whose fire and drive seemed to fit him to be the one to go out to Queensland to lead revolution, is himself the leader he finds there are two other enemies,- poverty and the traditions of his people. Udomo- back in London- had betrayed the white woman who loved him. For this some of their mutual friends could not forgive him. But in Africa, he learns to compromise with conditions with one sole goal in view. He sends for the others of the group, once the revolution has won control, politically, for the blacks. One of his comrades he returns to his mountain people to cope with some of the ritual problems, to lay the groundwork for education. Another -- whose first attempt at revolution had failed and whose life might be forfeit -- seeks out a secret way through the jungle, and launches a peaceful campaign of sabotage. Then Udomo is threatened with the end of his goal of economic recovery- and again he sacrifices the individual for the cause, or so he feels. But he reckons without the abiding sense of loyalty, and he dies at the hands of fanatics who cannot forgive. It is a powerful story, disturbingly violent. It has its moments of tenderness in first one, then another love story. It has several unforgettable figures. But it won't be an easy book to place, for the moral code, the sexual code is remote from our understanding. Abrahams is not to be overlooked- as witness Mine Boy and Tell Freedom."--Kirkus
A Wreath For Udomo
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Author : William Blackwell Branch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
A Wreath For Udomo written by William Blackwell Branch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.
The Anticolonial Front
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Author : John Munro
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-21
The Anticolonial Front written by John Munro and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-21 with HISTORY categories.
This book connects the Black freedom struggle in the United States to liberation movements across the globe.
Tell Freedom Memories Of Africa Scholar S Choice Edition
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Author : Peter Abrahams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-02-15
Tell Freedom Memories Of Africa Scholar S Choice Edition written by Peter Abrahams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-15 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Mine Boy
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Author : Peter Abrahams
language : en
Publisher: East African Publishers
Release Date : 1989
Mine Boy written by Peter Abrahams and has been published by East African Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with African literature categories.
"Mine Boy" tells the story of Xuma, a countryman, in a large South African industrial city, and the impact on him of the new ways and new values." -- back cover
The Old Man And The Medal
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Author : Ferdinand Oyono
language : en
Publisher: Waveland Press
Release Date : 2013-08-13
The Old Man And The Medal written by Ferdinand Oyono and has been published by Waveland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-13 with Fiction categories.
Writing in French in the 1950s, Ferdinand Léopold Oyono (1929–2010) had only a brief literary career, but his anticolonialist novels are considered classics of twentieth-century African literature. Like Oyono’s Houseboy, also available from Waveland Press, this novel fiercely satirizes the false pretenses of European colonial rule in Africa. Meka, a village elder, has always been loyal to the white man. It is with pride that he first hears he is to receive a medal. While waiting for the ceremony, however, Meka’s pride gives way to skepticism. At the same time, his wife has realized that the medal is being given to her husband as compensation for the sacrifices they have made. The events following the ceremony confirm Meka’s new estimation of the white man. Both subtle and oftentimes humorous, this beautifully told story lays bare the hollowness of the mission in Africa. It fuels opportunities for discussing colonial politics around class and race as well as for exploring indigenous Cameroon life and values.
Singing Away The Hunger
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Author : Mpho ‘M’atsepo Nthunya
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1997-10-22
Singing Away The Hunger written by Mpho ‘M’atsepo Nthunya and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-10-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
". . . this gem of a book deserves a wide audience. Appropriate for African and women's studies courses and a must for college and university libraries." —Choice ". . . Mpho relates the story of her life with an integrity that makes for utterly compelling reading. . . . The fortitude of this woman, now in her late 60s, is a lesson to us all." —The Bookseller, United Kingdom "This is a fascinating autobiography . . ." —KLIATT ". . . a powerful autobiography of a Lesotho elder who tells her life as an African woman in South Africa. The focus on black culture and concerns as much as racism allows for an unusual depth of understanding of black concerns and lifestyles in Africa." —Reviewer's Bookwatch "An African woman's poignant and beautifully crafted memoir lyrically portrays the brutal poverty and reliance on ritual that shape the lives of her people, the Basotho. . . . A commanding and important work that will captivate readers with its unique voice, narrative power, and unforgettable scenes of life in Southern Africa." —Kirkus Reviews " . . . a stunning autobiography of a remarkable woman . . . Nthunya's telling is eloquent. Although her voice is generally one of dignified emotional distance, it is punctuated by her very human humor and pain." —Publishers Weekly ". . . recommended for collections in African folklore." —Library Journal "I am telling my stories in English for many months now, and it is a time for me to see my whole life. I see that things are always changing. I was born in 1930, so I remember many things which were happening in the old days in Lesotho and which happen no more. I lived in Benoni Location for more than ten years, and I saw the Boer policemen taking black people and beating them like dogs. They even took me once, and kept me in one of their jails for a while." —Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya A compelling and unique autobiography by an African woman with little formal education, less privilege, and almost no experience of books or writing. Mpho's is a voice almost never heard in literature or history, a voice from within the struggle of "ordinary" African women to negotiate a world which incorporates ancient pastoral ways and the congestion, brutality, and racist violence of city life. It is also the voice of a born storyteller who has a subject worthy of her gifts—a story for all the world to hear.
African Literature And Social Change
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Author : Olakunle George
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-16
African Literature And Social Change written by Olakunle George and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
“George rethinks the entirety of African literature by considering texts from the 19th century and mid-20th century alongside canonical texts.” —Neil ten Kortenaar, author of Debt, Law, Realism Alert to the ways in which critical theory and imaginative literature can enrich each other, African Literature and Social Change reframes the ongoing project of African literature. Concentrating on texts that are not usually considered together—writings by little-known black missionaries, so called “black whitemen,” and better-known 20th century intellectuals and creative writers—Olakunle George shows the ways in which these writings have addressed notions of ethnicity, nation, and race and how the debates need to be rehistoricized today. George presents Africa as a site of complex desires and contradictions, refashioning the way African literature is positioned within current discussions of globalism, diaspora, and postcolonialism. “A bold exploration of the complexity of different modes of writing about Africa in the context of current debates on the nature of the literary in the production of African knowledge. Concerned with a rhetoric of self-writing as it has developed over two hundred years, Olakunle George attends to local details within the larger configurations of colonial discourse in this ambitious and timely work. It is a caution against the neglect of the conditions of possibility that made an African literature possible.” —Simon Gikandi, author of Slavery and the Culture of Taste “A new and welcome addition to the field of African literary studies, Olakunle George’s African Literature and Social Change is dense where it needs to be and glories in productive close readings when its objects call for it.” —Comparative Literature Studies
The View From Coyaba
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Author : Peter Abrahams
language : en
Publisher: London ; Boston : Faber and Faber
Release Date : 1985-01
The View From Coyaba written by Peter Abrahams and has been published by London ; Boston : Faber and Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-01 with Fiction categories.
A Jamaican family, descended from escaped slaves, is involved in the histories of both Africa and Jamaica.