Insidious Treasons
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Insidious Treasons
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Author : Femi Osofisan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Insidious Treasons written by Femi Osofisan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Nigeria categories.
Insidious Treasons And Beyond
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Author : Femi Osofisan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Insidious Treasons And Beyond written by Femi Osofisan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Nigeria categories.
Queens Of Afrobeat
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Author : Dotun Ayobade
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2024-06-18
Queens Of Afrobeat written by Dotun Ayobade 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 2024-06-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Queens of Afrobeat, the women of Afrobeat music—a unique blend of jazz, soul, highlife, and West African rhythms—are finally given the recognition they deserve. This extensive study takes a multifaceted view of the storied lives of the women behind Fela Kuti's activist music. Dotun Ayobade's wide-ranging research pulls from interviews with surviving queens, ethnographic narratives, the exploration of newspaper archives, and close readings of album covers, photographs, and promotional materials to help us see and understand the women who surrounded Fela Kuti on stage and in everyday life. Not only were these artists crucial performers and backup singers for Kuti's most important compositions, they also played key roles in his activism and campaigns of social protest against the Nigerian government in the 1970s. Drawing on previously untapped material, Queens of Afrobeat weaves together an intricate narrative of women's participation in popular music. The stories of these remarkable women transform and uniquely personalize our understanding of the politics and performance of one of the major modern musical traditions in Africa.
New Directions In African Literature
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Author : Ernest Emenyo̲nu
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 2006
New Directions In African Literature written by Ernest Emenyo̲nu 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 2006 with African literature categories.
Contributors to this volume ask what are the new directions of African literature? What should be the major concerns of writers, critics and teachers in the twenty-first century? What are the accomplishments and legacies? What gaps remain to be filled, and what challenges are there to be addressed by publishers and the book industry? What are the implications for pedagogy in the new technological era? ERNEST EMENYONU is Professor of the Department of Africana Studies University of Michigan-Flint. North America: Africa World Press; Nigeria: HEBN
Writers Writing On Conflict And Wars In Africa
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Author : Okey Ndibe
language : en
Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
Release Date : 2009-07-30
Writers Writing On Conflict And Wars In Africa written by Okey Ndibe and has been published by Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Many African countries are caught up in perennial or recurrent political conflicts that often culminate in devastating wars. These flaring conflicts and wars create harrowing economic hardships, dire refugee problems, and sustain a sense of despair in such countries. By their nature, these conflicts and wars affect writers in profound and sometimes paradoxical ways. On the one hand, literature-whether fiction, poetry, drama, or even memoirs-is animated by conflict. On the other hand, the sense of dislocation as well as the humanitarian crises unleashed by wars and other kinds of conflicts also constitute grave impediments to artistic exploration and literary expression. Writers and artists are frequently in the frontline of resistance to the kinds of injustices and abuses that precipitate wars and conflicts. Consequently, they are often detained, exiled, and even killed either by agents of state terror or by one faction or another in the tussle for state control. Writers, Writing Conflicts and Wars in Africa is a collection of testimonies by various writers and scholars who have experienced, or explored, the continent's conflicts and woes, including how the disruptions shape artistic and literary production. The book is divided into two broad categories: in one, several writers speak directly, and with rich anecdotal details about the impact wars and conflicts have had in the formation of their experience and work; in the second, a number of scholars articulate how particular writers have assimilated the horrors of wars and conflicts in their literary creations. The result is an invaluable harvest of reflections and perspectives that open the window into an essential, but until now sadly unexplored, facet of the cultural and political experience of African writers. The broad scope of this collection-covering Darfur, the Congolese crisis, Biafra, Zimbabwe, South Africa, among others-is complemented by a certain buoyancy of spirit that runs through most of the essays and anecdotes.
Global Perspectives On Villains And Villainy Today
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-05-18
Global Perspectives On Villains And Villainy Today written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-18 with Social Science categories.
This e-book presents the findings of the 2nd global, interdisciplinary conference on Villains and Villainy, which was held at Oriel College, Oxford in September 2010 as part of the research network Inter-Disciplinary.Net.
Vision Of Change In African Drama
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Author : Sola Adeyemi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-08-05
Vision Of Change In African Drama written by Sola Adeyemi 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 2019-08-05 with Performing Arts categories.
Fémi Òsófisan is a major dramatist from Nigeria who experiments with forms and theatrical traditions. This book focuses on his development as a dramatist and his contribution to world drama as a postcolonial African writer whose major preoccupation has been to question the colonial and postcolonial issues of identity in theatre, literature and performance. The volume explores how Òsófisan exploits his Yorùbá heritage in his drama and the performances of his plays by reading new meanings into popular mythology, and by re-writing history to comment on contemporary social and political issues. Òsófisan has often introduced new motifs and narratives to energise dramatic performances in Nigeria and globally, and this text discusses developments in his theatre practices in the context of changing cultural trends.
Movements Of Interweaving
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Author : Gabriele Brandstetter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-08-02
Movements Of Interweaving written by Gabriele Brandstetter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-02 with Performing Arts categories.
Movements of Interweaving is a rich collection of essays exploring the concept of interweaving performance cultures in the realms of movement, dance, and corporeality. Focusing on dance performances as well as on scenarios of cultural movements on a global scale, it not only challenges the concept of intercultural dance performances, but through its innovative approach also calls attention to the specific qualities of "interweaving" as a form of movement itself. Divided into four sections, this volume features an international team of scholars together developing a new critical perspective on the cultural practices of movement, travel and migration in and beyond dance.
Feminist Visions And Queer Futures In Postcolonial Drama
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Author : Kanika Batra
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-04-13
Feminist Visions And Queer Futures In Postcolonial Drama written by Kanika Batra and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this timely study, Batra examines contemporary drama from India, Jamaica, and Nigeria in conjunction with feminist and incipient queer movements in these countries. Postcolonial drama, Batra contends, furthers the struggle for gender justice in both these movements by contesting the idea of the heterosexual, middle class, wage-earning male as the model citizen and by suggesting alternative conceptions of citizenship premised on working-class sexual identities. Further, Batra considers the possibility of Indian, Jamaican, and Nigerian drama generating a discourse on a rights-bearing conception of citizenship that derives from representations of non-biological, non-generational forms of kinship. Her study is one of the first to examine the ways in which postcolonial dramatists are creating the possibility of a dialogue between cultural activism, women’s movements, and an emerging discourse on queer sexualities.
Classics In Post Colonial Worlds
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Author : Lorna Hardwick
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2010-07-29
Classics In Post Colonial Worlds written by Lorna Hardwick and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects to become first a means of challenging colonialism and then a rich field for creating cultural identities that blend the old and the new. Nobel prize-winners such as Derek Walcott and Seamus Heaney have rewritten classical material in their own cultural idioms while public sculpture in southern Africa draws on Greek and Roman motifs to represent histories of African resistance and liberation. These developments are explored in this collection of essays by international scholars, who debate the relationship between the culture of Greece and Rome and the changes that have followed the end of colonial empires.