An Introduction To West African Literature
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An Introduction To West African Literature
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Author : Oladele Taiwo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
An Introduction To West African Literature written by Oladele Taiwo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Africa, West categories.
African Literatures In English
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Author : Gareth Griffiths
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-19
African Literatures In English written by Gareth Griffiths and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Here is an introduction to the history of English writing from East and West Africa drawing on a range of texts from the slave diaspora to the post-war upsurge in African English language and literature from these regions.
The Columbia Guide To West African Literature In English Since 1945
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Author : Oyekan Owomoyela
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-21
The Columbia Guide To West African Literature In English Since 1945 written by Oyekan Owomoyela and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
Composed by a premier scholar of African literature, this volume is a comprehensive guide to the literary traditions of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria, five distinct countries bound by their experience with colonialism. Oyekan Owomoyela begins with an overview of the authors, texts, and historical events that have shaped the development of postwar Anglophone literatures in this region, exploring shifts in theme and the role of foreign sponsorship and illuminating recent debates regarding the language, identity, gender, and social commitments of various authors and their works. His introduction concludes with a bibliography of key critical texts. The second half of the volume is an alphabetical tour of writers, publications, concepts, genres, movements, and institutions, with suggested readings for further research. Entries focus primarily on fiction but also touch on drama and poetry. Featured authors include Chris Abani, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Cyprian Ekwensi, Uzodinma Chukuka Iweala, Helen Oyeyemi, and Wole Soyinka. Topics range from the European origins of African literature and the West African diaspora to the development of an "African personality," the establishment of a regional publishing industry, and the global literary marketplace. Owomoyela also discusses such influences as the postwar emergence of Onitsha Market Literature, the Mbari Club, and the importance of the Noma Award. Owomoyela's portrait points to the major impact of West African literature on the evolution of both African and world literatures in English. Sure to become the definitive text for research in the field, The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945 is a vital resource for newcomers as well as for advanced scholars seeking a deeper understanding of the region's rich literary heritage.
West African Literatures
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Author : Stephanie Newell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2006
West African Literatures written by Stephanie Newell and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Literary Criticism categories.
"This study of West African literatures interweaves the analysis of fiction, drama, and poetry with an exploration of the broader political, cultural, and intellectual contexts within which West African writers work. Anglophone literatures form the central focus of the book, with comparative comments on vernacular literature, francophone writing and oral literatures, and detailed discussion of selected francophone texts in translation (e.g., Senghor, Tadjo, Beyala, Ba, Sembene)."--BOOK JACKET.
Mother Is Gold
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Author : Adrian Roscoe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1971-07-02
Mother Is Gold written by Adrian Roscoe 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 1971-07-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
How did West African literature in English begin? What influences affected its birth and development? How much does it imitate European models? How is traditional African culture influencing modern writing? What kind of experiments are being tried? These are some of the questions, relevant to African writing throughout the continent, which this critical study discusses by examining the most significant work in verse, prose, drama, children's literature, journalism and political writing in West Africa. The author examines the writing of major figures such as Soyinka, Achebe, Okara, Clark, Tutuola and Ekwensi as well as that of authors whose work is not as widely known.
Literature And Modern West African Culture
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Author : Donatus Ibe Nwoga
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Literature And Modern West African Culture written by Donatus Ibe Nwoga and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Administrative agencies categories.
Writing African Women
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Author : Stephanie Newell
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2017-06-15
Writing African Women written by Stephanie Newell and has been published by Zed Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-15 with Social Science categories.
How does our understanding of Africa shift when we begin from the perspective of women? What can the African perspective offer theories of culture and of gender difference? This work, as unique and insightful today as when it was first published, brings together a wide variety of African academics and other researchers to explore the links between literature, popular culture and theories of gender. Beginning with a ground-breaking overview of African gender theory, the book goes on to analyse women's writing, uncovering the ways different writers have approached issues of female creativity and colonial history, as well as the ways in which they have subverted popular stereotypes around African women. The contributors also explore the related gender dynamics of mask performance and oral story-telling. This major analysis of gender in popular and postcolonial cultural production remains essential reading for students and academics in women's studies, cultural studies and literature.
The Companion To African Literatures
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Author : G. D. Killam
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2000
The Companion To African Literatures written by G. D. Killam 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 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Refreshing..." -- African Sudies Review "The entries are knowledgeable, thorough, and clearly written.... Highly recommended... " --Choice "...an ambitious reference guide to works on African literature." - African Studies Review "This comprehensive compendium will be a handy companion for anyone working on African literatures. The entries are authoritative and up-to-date, providing reliable information on the hundreds of authors and texts that have contributed to a whole continent's literary flowering." --Bernth Lindfors A comprehensive introduction and guide to African-authored works, with over 1,000 cross-referenced entries covering classics in African writing, literary genres and movements, biographical details of authors, and wider themes linking African, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-American literatures.
African Literature
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Author : Jonathan P. Smithe
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 2002
African Literature written by Jonathan P. Smithe and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Literary Criticism categories.
African literature, like the continent itself is enormous and diverse. East Africa's literature is different from West Africa's which is quite different from South Africa's which has different influences on it than North Africa's. Africa's literature is based on a widespread heritage of oral literature, some of which has now been recorded. Arabic influence can be detected as well as European, especially French and English. Legends, myths, proverbs, riddles and folktales form the mother load of the oral literature. This book presents an overview of African literature as well as a comprehensive bibliography, primarily of English language sources. Accessed by subject, author and title indexes.
West African Poetry
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Author : Robert Fraser
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1986-09-04
West African Poetry written by Robert Fraser 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 1986-09-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
Previous studies of African poetry have tended to concentrate either on its political content or on its relationship to various European schools. This book examines West African poetry in English and French against the background of oral poetry in the vernacular. Do the roots of such poetry lie in Africa or in Europe? In committing their work to writing, do poets lose more than they gain? Can the immediacy of oral performance ever be recovered? Robert Fraser's account of two centuries of West African verse examines its subjugation to a succession of international styles: from the heroic couplet to the austerity of experimental Modernism. Successive chapters take us through the Négritude movement and the emergence of anglophone free verse in the 1950s to the rediscovery in recent years of the neglected springs of orality, which is the subject of the concluding chapter.