Childhood In African Literature
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Childhood In African Literature
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Author : Eldred Durosimi Jones
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 1998
Childhood In African Literature written by Eldred Durosimi Jones 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 1998 with African literature categories.
The experience of childhood as examined in the works of African writers.
Childhood In Contemporary Diasporic African Literature
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Author : Christopher E. W. Ouma
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-02-27
Childhood In Contemporary Diasporic African Literature written by Christopher E. W. Ouma and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book examines the representation of figures, memories and images of childhood in selected contemporary diasporic African fiction by Adichie, Abani, Wainaina and Oyeyemi. The book argues that childhood is a key framework for thinking about contemporary African and African Diasporic identities. It argues that through the privileging of childhood memory, alternative conceptions of time emerge in this literature, and which allow African writers to re-imagine what family, ethnicity, nation means within the new spaces of diaspora that a majority of them occupy. The book therefore looks at the connections between childhood, space, time and memory, childhood gender and sexuality, childhoods in contexts of war, as well as migrant childhoods. These dimensions of childhood particularly relate to the return of the memory of Biafra, the figures of child soldiers, memories of growing up in Cold War Africa, queer boyhoods/sonhood as well as experiences of migration within Africa, North America and Europe.
New Perspectives On African Childhood
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Author : De-Valera NYM Botchway
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2019-09-05
New Perspectives On African Childhood written by De-Valera NYM Botchway and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-05 with Social Science categories.
What does it mean to be a child in Africa? In the detached Western media, narratives of penury, wickedness and death have dominated portrayals of African childhood. The hegemonic lens of the West has failed to take into account the intricacies of not only what it means to be an African child in local and culturally specific contexts, but also African childhood in general. Challenging colonial discourses, this edited volume guides the reader through different comprehensions and perspectives of childhood in Africa. Using a blend of theory, empiricism and history, the contributors to this volume offer studies from a range of fields including African literature, Afro-centric psychology and sociology. Importantly, in its eclectic geographical coverage of Africa, this book unashamedly presents the good, the bad and the ugly of African childhood. The resilience, creativity, pains and triumphs of African childhood are skilfully woven together to present the myriad of lived experiences and aspirations of children from across Africa. As an important contribution to African childhood studies, this book has the potential to be used by policymakers to shape, sustain or change socio-cultural, economic and education systems that accommodate African childhood dynamics and experiences at different levels.
Representing Africa In Children S Literature
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Author : Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-12-13
Representing Africa In Children S Literature written by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
Representing Africa in Children’s Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically examining the dominant images of Africa and Africans in books published between 1960 and 2005. The book focuses on contemporary children’s and young adult literature set in Africa, examining issues regarding colonialism, the politics of representation, and the challenges posed to both "insiders" and "outsiders" writing about Africa for children.
Decolonising Childhoods In Eastern Africa
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Author : Oduor Obura
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-06-13
Decolonising Childhoods In Eastern Africa written by Oduor Obura and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book deconstructs Eurocentric narratives and showcases local voices to re-examine childhood in Eastern Africa. Moving away from portrayals of eastern African childhood as characterised by want, the author argues for a differentiated and pluralist nature of the eastern African childhood. Taking a chronological approach, the author provides a multidisciplinary critical reading of Africanist research on childhood in eastern Africa, drawing from anthropological and cultural studies, while examining writings from the pre-imperial and colonial periods. Moving into the contemporary period, the book reveals the continuity, tensions and ruptures of these portrayals in humanitarian, legal, and journalistic discourses, before exploring postcolonial writings on childhood in works by Eastern African novelists. Based on such a multidisciplinary perspective, this book will be of interest to scholars of African literature, eastern African history, critical childhood studies, museums and Africanist epistemologies.
Foundation
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Author : Osayimwense Osa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Foundation written by Osayimwense Osa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with African literature (English) categories.
Preserving The Landscape Of Imagination
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Author : Raoul Granqvist
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 1997
Preserving The Landscape Of Imagination written by Raoul Granqvist and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with African literature (English) categories.
Children And Literature In Africa
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Author : Chidi Ikonné
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Children And Literature In Africa written by Chidi Ikonné and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Child In African Literature
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Author : Onyema Chukwu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Child In African Literature written by Onyema Chukwu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with African literature categories.
Neo Imperialism In Children S Literature About Africa
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Author : Yulisa Amadu Maddy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-12-28
Neo Imperialism In Children S Literature About Africa written by Yulisa Amadu Maddy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
In the spirit of their last collaboration, Apartheid and Racism in South African Children's Literature, 1985-1995, Yulisa Amadu Maddy and Donnarae MacCann once again come together to expose the neo-imperialist overtones of contemporary children's fiction about Africa. Examining the portrayal of African social customs, religious philosophies, and political structures in fiction for young people, Maddy and MacCann reveal the Western biases that often infuse stories by well-known Western authors. In the book's introductory section, Maddy and MacCann offer historical information concerning Western notions of Africa as "primitive," and then present background information about the complexity of feminism in Africa and about the ongoing institutionalization of racism. The main body of the study contains critiques of the novels or short stories of eleven well-known writers, including Isabel Allende and Nancy Farmer--all demonstrating that children's literature continues to mis-represent conditions and social relations in Africa. The study concludes with a look at those short stories of Beverley Naidoo which bring insight and historical accuracy to South African conflicts and emerging solutions. Educators, literature professors, publishers, professors of Diaspora and African studies, and students of the mass media will find Maddy and MacCann’s critique of racism in the representation of Africa to be indispensible to students of multicultural literature.