Africa And Its Diaspora Languages Literature And Culture
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Africa And Its Diaspora Languages Literature And Culture
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Author : Olanike Ola Orie
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-26
Africa And Its Diaspora Languages Literature And Culture written by Olanike Ola Orie and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The text celebrates the academic achievements of Professor Olasope Oyelaran. It brings together over 20 papers by an international group of scholars on African diaspora languages, literatures and culture, representing four generations, all of whom have been influenced by Oyelaran’s work in one way or another. Edited by three African scholars in the USA, UK, and Nigeria, the volume presents current research on topics in applied- and socio-linguistics, phonology, morphology, syntax, oral and written literature, and Yoruba language and culture in African diasporas in Brazil, Cuba, and Trinidad. The constellation of topics presented here will enlarge the reader’s understanding of a number of issues in the field of African and African diaspora languages, literatures, and cultures today. As such, the book makes an important contribution to the expanding work on the linguistic and cultural interface of Africa and its Brazilian, Cuban, and Trinidadian diasporas.
The Literature Of Language And The Language Of Literature In Africa And The Diaspora
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Author : Dainess Maganda
language : en
Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers
Release Date : 2017-04-26
The Literature Of Language And The Language Of Literature In Africa And The Diaspora written by Dainess Maganda and has been published by Adonis & Abbey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-26 with African languages categories.
We live in a world that sees and also contesting ideas of Eurocentrism in the interpretation of various issues, including African literatures and cultures. This book seeks to engage readers into a critical examination of the meaning, history, ambiguity, status and perceptions surrounding African languages and literature. It presents current shifts in form and practice surrounding regional, national, and "postcolonial" models towards "world literature" by focusing on African literature as a focal point for understanding perceptions of the world towards African languages and literature. The book shows the importance of wrestling with issues of global aftermaths of slavery, audience, readership, diasporic and transnational connections, as well as digital and social media without undermining the conflicts that literature presents in and on its own merit.
Language In Contemporary African Cultures And Societies
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Author : Leonard Lisanza Muaka
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Language In Contemporary African Cultures And Societies written by Leonard Lisanza Muaka and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Africa categories.
Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies examines the central role that African languages play in Africa's contemporary societies. This book focuses on Africa and the diaspora where African languages and literatures continue to spread.
African Languages Literatures And Postcolonial Modernity
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Author : Samba Camara
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2024-01-26
African Languages Literatures And Postcolonial Modernity written by Samba Camara and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book offers a fresh look into the “languages of postcolonial modernity” in Africa and, to a lesser degree, its diaspora. It foregrounds the notion of postcolonial modernity in reference to modernization as experienced in the postcolony and its contemporary legacies, and investigates how African languages and literatures, both as means of communication and as instruments of cultural agency, have embodied and mediated modernity. Each chapter grapples with the literary or linguistic dimensions of postcolonial modernity as portrayed in African novels, film, poetry or popular music or as embodied in African and Afro-diasporic languages and dialects. The chapters also reveal how literature and language, respectively, document and embody discourses, phenomena, histories, ideologies, and beliefs that resulted from the legacies of colonialism.
Language Society And Empowerment In Africa And Its Diaspora
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Author : Akinloyè Ojó
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022
Language Society And Empowerment In Africa And Its Diaspora written by Akinloyè Ojó and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with African Americans categories.
This book argues for centrality of language to address Africa's developmental challenges. It contends for the empowerment of African languages to serve in all domains, and it propagates ways to empower African languages for African socio-cultural and economic development in the twenty-first century.
English In Africa
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Author : Alamin M. Mazrui
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2004
English In Africa written by Alamin M. Mazrui and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This text offers a critical examination of aspects of the politics of the role of English in Africa and its Diaspora. It looks at its changed location in the post-Cold War era and the challenges it poses to the enduring quest for intellectual liberation, pan-Africanism and Afrocentricity. The study also explores the spaces and possibilities for appropriating the language towards a counter-hegemonic African-centred agenda under the present global order.
A Companion To African Literatures
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Author : Olakunle George
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2021-03-22
A Companion To African Literatures written by Olakunle George and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Rediscover the diversity of modern African literatures with this authoritative resource edited by a leader in the field How have African literatures unfolded in their rich diversity in our modern era of decolonization, nationalisms, and extensive transnational movement of peoples? How have African writers engaged urgent questions regarding race, nation, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality? And how do African literary genres interrelate with traditional oral forms or audio-visual and digital media? A Companion to African Literatures addresses these issues and many more. Consisting of essays by distinguished scholars and emerging leaders in the field, this book offers rigorous, deeply engaging discussions of African literatures on the continent and in diaspora. It covers the four main geographical regions (East and Central Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa), presenting ample material to learn from and think with. A Companion To African Literatures is divided into five parts. The first four cover different regions of the continent, while the fifth part considers conceptual issues and newer directions of inquiry. Chapters focus on literatures in European languages officially used in Africa -- English, French, and Portuguese -- as well as homegrown African languages: Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Swahili, and Yoruba. With its lineup of lucid and authoritative analyses, readers will find in A Companion to African Literatures a distinctive, rewarding academic resource. Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students in literary studies programs with an African focus, A Companion to African Literatures will also earn a place in the libraries of teachers, researchers, and professors who wish to strengthen their background in the study of African literatures.
Expressions Of Indigenous And Local Knowledge In Africa And Its Diaspora
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Author : Akinloye Ojo
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-22
Expressions Of Indigenous And Local Knowledge In Africa And Its Diaspora written by Akinloye Ojo and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-22 with Social Science categories.
Expressions of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Africa and its Diaspora provides critical discourses on Africa and the various configurations of its reflections in folklore, literature, music, languages, and philosophy. The collection, through its selected works, focuses on the African continent in terms of preserving the unique identity of African Indigenous and Local Knowledge. In reality, this preservation effort is confronted by a number of challenges within today’s increasingly globalized and westernized world. This book documents ongoing scholarly discussion on the paradoxical dynamics of preserving this identity and consequently enhancing the relevance of African Indigenous and Local Knowledge. This volume articulates the representation of knowledge and values lodged in the diverse knowledge systems in Africa and its diaspora, and which are constantly expressed in local and global spaces. It highlights the prejudicial assessment of African Indigenous knowledge systems that has ensured that Western epistemological systems are internationally recognized and supported while African epistemological systems are denigrated, discouraged or simply ignored, even on the African continent. Given that the term expressions entails making something known or manifest, this edited collection is assembled to make known some of the elements of indigenous and local knowledge, as well as the practices that these elements necessitate both historically and contemporarily in the African situation.
The African Diaspora
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Author : Isidore Okpewho
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1999
The African Diaspora written by Isidore Okpewho 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 1999 with African Americans categories.
* How black people established their identities in the African diaspora.
The Palgrave Handbook Of African Oral Traditions And Folklore
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Author : Akintunde Akinyemi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-03-05
The Palgrave Handbook Of African Oral Traditions And Folklore written by Akintunde Akinyemi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-05 with Social Science categories.
This handbook offers the most comprehensive, analytic, and multidisciplinary study of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the African Diaspora to date. Preeminent scholars Akintunde Akinyemi and Toyin Falola assemble a team of leading and rising stars across African Studies research to retrieve and renew the scholarship of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the Diaspora just as critical concerns about their survival are pushed to the forefront of the field. With five sections on the central themes within orality and folklore – including engagement ranging from popular culture to technology, methods to pedagogy – this handbook is an indispensable resource to scholars, students, and practitioners of oral traditions and folklore preservation alike. This definitive reference is the first to provide detailed, systematic discussion, and up-to-date analysis of African oral traditions and folklore.