An African Athens
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An African Athens
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Author : Philippe-Joseph Salazar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-02-01
An African Athens written by Philippe-Joseph Salazar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
An African Athens offers an analysis of a new ecology of rhetoric--the reshaping of a nation into a democracy through rhetorical means. Author Philippe-Joseph Salazar provides a general view of issues as they have taken shape in the apartheid and post-apartheid South African experience, presenting the country as a remarkable stage for playing out the great themes of public deliberation and the rise of postmodern rhetorical democracy. Salazar's intimate vantage point focuses on the striking case of a democracy won at the negotiating table and also won every day in public deliberation. This volume presents a full-scale rhetorical analysis of a democratic transformation in post-Cold War era, and provides a study of the demise of apartheid and post-apartheid from the standpoint of political and public rhetoric and communication. In doing so, it serves as a template for similar enquiries in the rhetorical study of emerging democracies. Intended for readers engaged in the study of political and public rhetoric with an interest in how democracy takes shape, An African Athens highlights South Africa as a test case for global democracy, for rhetoric, and for the relevance of rhetoric studies in a postmodern democracy.
The Athens Of West Africa
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Author : Daniel J. Paracka, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-03
The Athens Of West Africa written by Daniel J. Paracka, Jr. and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Education categories.
This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001).
An African Athens
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Author : Philippe-Joseph Salazar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-02
An African Athens written by Philippe-Joseph Salazar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02 with History categories.
This volume analyzes how public rhetoric, argumentation, and discourse led to the successful change in government in South Africa. Intended for scholars and students in rhetoric, speech, political communication, persuasion, and related areas.
The Athenian Sun In An African Sky
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Author : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2001-11-14
The Athenian Sun In An African Sky written by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-14 with Performing Arts categories.
Western literature has become more influential in Africa since the independence of many of that continent's countries in the early 1960s. In particular, Greek tragedy has grown as model and inspiration for African theatre artists. This work begins with a discussion of the affinity that modern-day African playwrights have for ancient Greek tragedy and the factors that determine their choice of classical texts and topics. The study concentrates on how African playwrights transplant the dramatic action and narrative of the Greek texts by rewriting both the performance codes and the cultural context. The methods by which African playwrights have adapted Greek tragedy and the ways in which the plays satisfy the prevailing principles of both cultures are examined. The plays are The Bacchae of Euripides by Wole Soyinka, Song of a Goat by J.P. Clark, The Gods Are Not to Blame by Ola Rotimi, Guy Butler's Demea, Efua Sutherland's Edufa, Orestes by Athol Fugard, The Song of Jacob Zulu by Tug Yourgrau, Femi Osofisan's Tegonni, Edward Kamau Brathwaite's Odale's Choice, The Island by Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona, and Sylvain Bemba's Black Wedding Candles for Blessed Antigone.
The Decline And Fall Of The Athens Of West Africa
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Author : Akibo Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2023-07-17
The Decline And Fall Of The Athens Of West Africa written by Akibo Robinson and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-17 with History categories.
The country owed its name to the Portuguese explorer, Petro da Cintra, who was the first European to sight and map the Freetown Habour. The original Portuguese name, Sierra Lyoa (Lion Mountains) describes the range of hills that surrounds the habour. The capital Freetown commands one of the world’s largest natural habours. The country is located on the coast of West Africa, bounded on the North and East by Guinea, on the East by Liberia, and on the West by the Atlantic Ocean. It has many miles of beautiful sandy beaches. The backbone of the economy is agriculture, but it is rich in minerals – diamonds, gold, bauxite, and rutile. The book traces the rich pre-colonial history of a people whose main occupations then were agriculture and trade. Communal life was highly regulated by chiefs, who presided over their subjects. These societies were governed by what is now called “customary laws”. The book also debunks the thinking that Pedro da Cintra discovered Sierra Leone; he was not even the first European to set foot in Sierra Leone. It traces exhaustively the exploitative rule of the British Colonial Administration until its independence on 27th April 1961. Sierra Leone is credited as being, the “Athens of West Africa”. How this came about is explained at length. How can a small country so far removed from Athens be credited as such? The primary reason was for its learning. The first University in sub-Saharan Africa was established in Sierra Leone, and it attracted students from all over the continent. Woven into this academic fabric, is the politico-socio-economic development from the founding of the state up to the present. It traces the turbulent times the country has been through: coups and countercoups, declaration of a one party state, a brutal 11-year civil war, and the bastardisation of the constitution by various regimes, since independence up to the present.
A Story Untold
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Author : Michael L. Thurmond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-04-02
A Story Untold written by Michael L. Thurmond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with categories.
Athens
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Author : Richard A. Straw
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2007
Athens written by Richard A. Straw and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
In the late 1700s, a group of men, largely from Massachusetts, came into the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and settled a village in southeastern Ohio alongside the Hocking River. Calling it Athens to honor their belief in the primacy of education and culture in one's life, they set in motion a history that continues to inform and enliven life within this community today. Ohio University, the first public institution of higher learning in the Northwest Territory, was founded here in 1804. Athens has served as a business, service, cultural, and educational meeting place for over 200 years. As a result, Athens is a culturally diverse community of professors, plumbers, lawyers, craftsmen, restaurateurs, students, musicians, artists, and business owners, and it is heir to a historic past. This collection of fascinating photographs of people, places, homes, businesses, churches, and important events comes from the vast archives of the Athens County Historical Society and Museum. The images open the past and provide an informative glimpse into an earlier period of life in this unique community.
A Significant Presence
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Author : Ada Woodson Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-01-01
A Significant Presence written by Ada Woodson Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with African Americans categories.
A glimpse of 200 years of the African American experience at Ohio University and in Athen County, Ohio is depicted in text and photographs. Since Black history has often been ignored in histories - especially county histories - this book provides a rare capsule history of Blacks in both a town and gown setting. Readers will find some well known names, many firsts, and some significant accomplishments. This book is used as a text in the Black Studies program at Ohio University.
A Story Untold
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Author : Michael L. Thurmond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-01-01
A Story Untold written by Michael L. Thurmond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with African Americans categories.
Crossroads In The Black Aegean Oedipus Antigone And Dramas Of The African Diaspora
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Author : Barbara Goff
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-11-15
Crossroads In The Black Aegean Oedipus Antigone And Dramas Of The African Diaspora written by Barbara Goff and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Crossroads in the Black Aegean is a compendious, timely, and fascinating study of African rewritings of Greek tragedy. It consists of detailed readings of six dramas and one epic poem, from different locations across the African diaspora. Barbara Goff and Michael Simpson ask why the plays of Sophocles' Theban Cycle figure so prominently among the tragedies adapted by dramatists of African descent, and how plays that dilate on the power of the past, in the inexorable curse of Oedipus and the regressive obsession of Antigone, can articulate the postcolonial moment. Capitalizing on classical reception studies, postcolonial studies, and comparative literature, Crossroads in the Black Aegean co-ordinates theory and theatre. It crucially investigates how the plays engage with the 'Western canon', and shows how they use their self-consciously literary status to assert, ironize, and challenge their own place, and that of the Greek originals, in relation to that tradition. Beyond these oedipal reflexes, the adaptations offer alternative African models of cultural transmission.