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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
Achebe Head Marechera
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Author : Annie Gagiano
language : en
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Release Date : 2000
Achebe Head Marechera written by Annie Gagiano and has been published by Lynne Rienner Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
Concentrating on issues of power and change, this analysis of texts by Chinua Achbe, Bessie Head and Dambudzi Marechera teases out each author's view of how colonialism affected Africa, the contributions of Africans to their malaise, and how many reacted in creative, progressive, pragmatic ways.
African Visions
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Author : Cheryl Mwaria
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2000-08-30
African Visions written by Cheryl Mwaria and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08-30 with History categories.
The complexity of African society entering the 21st century necessitates an interdisciplinary examination of Africa's political, social, and cultural developments and challenges. Focusing on Social Movements and Literature, Social Change and Culture, the book brings together a wide range of essays by committed scholars, writers, and activists concerned with progressive approaches to Africa's dilemmas. Beginning with an overview by anthropologist Cheryl Mwaria, African Visions addresses such issues as structural adjustments, religious freedom, human rights, democratization, educational movements, and health care. Particular analyses consider intellectual property, student activism, and the AIDS epidemic. Mwaria, Federici, and McLaren also explore the way social and cultural questions have been treated in literary works and theoretical studies dealing with hybridity, sexual politics, literacy, socialist orientations, and language. Noted literary scholars Odun Balogun and Alamin Mazrui consider aspects of these issues. The collection also examines trends in literature, publishing, and theater in such countries as Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa in relation to themes such as gender, popular culture, African novels, and protest. Highlighting articles by two of Africa's leading activist/writers Dennis Brutus of South Africa, stressing regional cooperation, and Ngûgî wa Thiong'o of Kenya, advocating African languages, African Visions avoids the pessimism associated with numerous 20th century studies. Brutus and Ngûgî consider the economic and cultural effects of globalization and the necessity for promoting self-determination. An essential resource for all scholars and students concerned with contemporary African life and culture.
Novels Of Social Change
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Author : Kofi Ermeleh Agovi
language : en
Publisher: Tema, Ghana : Ghana Publishing Corporation
Release Date : 1988
Novels Of Social Change written by Kofi Ermeleh Agovi and has been published by Tema, Ghana : Ghana Publishing Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with African fiction categories.
Words And Worlds
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Author : Eckhard Breitinger
language : en
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Release Date : 2007
Words And Worlds written by Eckhard Breitinger and has been published by Africa Research and Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with African literature categories.
Western notions of cultural and social developments in African countries are still often fogged by age-old cliches and stereotypes. African literature is in fact a treasure trove, a complex marketplace with many contradictions. Writers ruminate about the worlds that move and challenge them. Sometimes, writers leave the places most familiar to them and turn to critical writing, which they enrich with their poetic vision. The essays in this volujme reflect this vision.
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.
African Literature
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Author : Safoura Salami-Boukari
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2012
African Literature written by Safoura Salami-Boukari and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Literary Criticism categories.
How do we resolve the insider/outsider interpreting conundrum? Why do readers from different parts of the world read, interpret, or understand foreign literatures the way they do? What drives peculiar critical reactions, canon formations and such issues which determine the survival of cultural productions or their continued adoption as useful bolsters for a people's self-definition or indeed self-preservation and self-determination? African Literature: Gender Discourse, Religious Values, and the African Worldview offers a series of fresh insights into most of the old "problematics" which used to sustain the interpretations of African literature, especially by women. Students, scholars, and general readers wishing to consider issues of gender in relation to African cultural and socioeconomic systems and what Salami-Boukari interrogates and names as an "African worldview," will find the interdisciplinary discussion of historical analyses, literary criticism and gender discourses a useful method for engaging contemporary African perspectives.
Moving The Centre
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Author : Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 1993
Moving The Centre written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Literary Collections categories.
Ngugi advocates a cultural shift to redress the last 400 years of domination by a handful of western nations.
African Literature
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Author : Nadine Gordimer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
African Literature written by Nadine Gordimer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with African fiction (English) categories.
Revolutionary Aesthetics And The African Literary Process
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Author : Udenta O. Udenta
language : en
Publisher: Fourth Dimension Publishing Company
Release Date : 1993
Revolutionary Aesthetics And The African Literary Process written by Udenta O. Udenta and has been published by Fourth Dimension Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.