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Maame The Storyteller 1

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Author : Roselyn Byrne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-09-05

Maame The Storyteller 1 written by Roselyn Byrne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-05 with categories.

Story telling 'Anansisem' (meaning Anansi stories) has been a source of entertainment and also education for children in Ashanti for generations. Most of the stories were originally told orally and it was through the respect for tradition and the will to preserve the tradition and custom by the Ashantis that most of the children's stories survive today. In this collection of stories, there is a retelling of stories that have been told by parents and grandparents many years ago, to their children and grandchildren, most of whom are still alive. There may be additions here and there in an attempt to bring the gist of the story up to date and to help children of other nations to understand the stories better. Nevertheless, particular attention has been paid to maintaining the authenticity and integrity of an Ashanti folktale as told and known over the generations.The heroes in these tales are the animals of the forest, the Chiefs and people of villages, sometimes both are the heroes. The clever advice of the village doctor saved an unfortunate child being born by a selfish and callous woman in the 'Tale of Two Barren Women'; and a lesson is told in why we should leave things and creatures in their natural habitat in 'Trouble Seeks No man ... Man Seeks Trouble'; and there is also a lesson to be learned in 'Why Nephews Inherit in Ashanti'.

Mama The Storyteller

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Author : Stella Sabina
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-12

Mama The Storyteller written by Stella Sabina and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-12 with categories.

Mama gave me a chance many children of today do not get; to sit around the fire and hear their mothers narrate traditional stories, not from books but from the heart. She changed voices of the different characters and sometimes even sang to bring the stories to life. I had to learn how to pay attention, as there were no books for reference later. "If you do not pay attention and think about what I am telling you, you will have nothing to teach your children when you become a parent," Mama said over and over. She taught me how to think and figure out what I needed to learn from the stories she told. I hope storytellers will be enriched by the stories Mama told me when I was growing up, and those I have written using her methodology. To be a storyteller you need a rich bank of stories on various themes of life. My intention is to enrich storytellers, and to keep Mama's memory, she is the best teacher I have ever had. Each story has an introduction to let my readers know why Mama told me that story, or why I wrote that story. There is room for creativity, to bring the stories to life and suit the age group you are telling the story to. All the stories in this book are educational and can be used for entertainment as well. I hope you will enjoy and continue passing on the message you derive from each story to everyone you meet. Be happy always.

Homegoing

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Author : Yaa Gyasi
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-06-07

Homegoing written by Yaa Gyasi and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-07 with Fiction categories.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Selected for Granta's Best of Young American Novelists 2017 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself. Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer.

Reflections Of A Hopemonger

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Author : Aba Cato Andah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-09-28

Reflections Of A Hopemonger written by Aba Cato Andah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with categories.

Reflections of A Hopemonger is a carefully crafted work that will inspire in every man and woman the desire to do better with this gift called life. With a message as compelling as the inner voice, the book directs the seeker of self-improvement towards the diamond of their endeavour. Page after page, the God factor becomes non-negotiable. Tracing the joys, disappointments, triumphs and challenges of her own life and sharing lessons with the reader, Aba convinces us to pay attention to the ideals that matter. Reflections of A Hopemonger demonstrates that from the undercurrent swellings of doubt and despair springs the fountain of hope.

Can We Talk And Other Stories

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Author : Chinodya, Shimmer
language : en
Publisher: Weaver Press
Release Date : 2018-04-12

Can We Talk And Other Stories written by Chinodya, Shimmer and has been published by Weaver Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-12 with Fiction categories.

Shimmer Chinodya, winner of the 1989 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa region) is one of Zimbabwe's foremost fiction writers. This collection of short stories reveals his development as a writer of passionate questioning integrity. The first stories, 'Hoffman Street' and 'The Man who Hanged Himself' capture the bewildered innocence of a child's view of the adult world, where behaviour is often puzzling and contradictory; stories such as 'Going to See Mr B.V.' provide the transition between the world of the adult and that of the child where the latter is required to act for himself in a situation where illusions founder on a narrow reality. 'Among the Dead' and 'Brothers and Sisters' look wryly at the self-conscious, self-centred, desperately serious world of young adulthood while 'Playing your Cards', 'The Waterfall', 'Strays' and 'Bramson' introduce characters for whom ambition, disillusion, and disappointment jostle for attention in a world where differences of class, culture, race and morality come to the fore. Finally, in 'Can we Talk' we conclude with an abrasive, lucid, sinewy voice which explores the nature of estrangement. The charge is desolation. Can we Talk and Other Stories speaks of the unspoken and unsaid. The child who watches but does not understand, the young man who observes but cannot participate, the man who stands outside not sure where his desires and ambitions lead, the older man, estranged by his own choices. 'Can we Talk' is not a question but a statement that insists on being heard, and demands a reassessment of our dreams.

Fairytales For Lost Children

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Author : Diriye Osman
language : en
Publisher: Angelica Entertainment Limited
Release Date : 2013-09-01

Fairytales For Lost Children written by Diriye Osman and has been published by Angelica Entertainment Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with Fiction categories.

FAIRYTALES FOR LOST CHILDREN is narrated by people constantly on the verge of self-revelation. These characters - young, gay and lesbian Somalis - must navigate the complexities of family, identity and the immigrant experience as they tumble towards freedom. Set in Kenya, Somalia and South London, these stories are imbued with pathos, passion and linguistic playfulness, marking the arrival of a singular new voice in contemporary fiction. Praise for FAIRYTALES FOR LOST CHILDREN: 'Fantastic writing. I am most highly impressed. I've read some of the stories more than once and saw in each of them plenty of talent everywhere - in every sinew and vein.' - NURUDDIN FARAH 'There is nothing more humbling than good writing except when the author is fiercely beautiful and ferociously generous of heart. That Diriye Osman should possess so much talent is only fair in light of his goodness. Read this book.' - MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO -The characters in these fairy tales are displaced in multiple, complicated ways. But Osman's storytelling creates a shelter for them; a warm place which is both real and imaginary, in which they find political, sexual, and ultimately psychic liberation.' - ALISON BECHDEL 'East Africa. South London. Queer. Displaced. Mentally Ill. My excitement over Osman and his writing comes, in part, out of delight at the impossibility of categorisation.' - ELLAH ALLFREY The Telegraph

Graphic Showbiz

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Author : Nanabanyin Dadson
language : en
Publisher: Graphic Communications Group
Release Date : 2010-12-16

Graphic Showbiz written by Nanabanyin Dadson and has been published by Graphic Communications Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-16 with categories.

The Proverb In The Context Of Akan Rhetoric

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Author : Kwesi Yankah
language : en
Publisher: Diasporic Africa Press
Release Date : 2012-02

The Proverb In The Context Of Akan Rhetoric written by Kwesi Yankah and has been published by Diasporic Africa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02 with Literary Criticism categories.

Attracting renewed attention by a new generation of scholars, the book presents a comprehensive ethnography of proverb communication in an African culture and achieves a significant breakthrough in proverb studies. The author critically reviews the dynamics of the proverb, one verbal genre that embodies the high point of rhetoric in traditional and contemporary Africa, and explores in rich details the proverb's creative potential, authorship and effectiveness in crisis management. Yankah elevates the documentation of the African proverb beyond decontextualized compilations, and portrays the proverb as a dynamic communicative strategy in which form, meaning and logic are in constant flux. The study, which focuses on the Akan of Ghana, situates the proverb in the heart of real life discourse interactions and monitors its rhetorical efficacy on the basis of indigenous aesthetics. The book should be of value to folklorists, sociolinguists, anthropologists, literary scholars and students of African studies and communications.

Ghana S Concert Party Theatre

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Author : Catherine M. Cole
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2001-07-11

Ghana S Concert Party Theatre written by Catherine M. Cole 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 2001-07-11 with History categories.

Ghana's Concert Party Theatre Catherine M. Cole An engaging history of Ghana's enormously popular concert party theatre. "... succeeds in conveying the exciting and fascinating character of the concert party genre, as well as showing clearly how this material can be used to rethink a number of contemporary theoretical themes and issues." -- Karin Barber Under colonial rule, the first concert party practitioners brought their comic variety shows to audiences throughout what was then the British Gold Coast colony. As social and political circumstances shifted through the colonial period and early years of Ghanaian independence, concert party actors demonstrated a remarkable responsiveness to changing social roles and volatile political situations as they continued to stage this extremely popular form of entertainment. Drawing on her participation as an actress in concert party performances, oral histories of performers, and archival research, Catherine M. Cole traces the history and development of Ghana's concert party tradition. She shows how concert parties combined an eclectic array of cultural influences, adapting characters and songs from American movies, popular British ballads, and local story-telling traditions into a spirited blend of comedy and social commentary. Actors in blackface, inspired by Al Jolson, and female impersonators dramatized the aspirations, experiences, and frustrations of their audiences. Cole's extensive and lively look into Ghana's concert party provides a unique perspective on the complex experience of British colonial domination, the postcolonial quest for national identity, and the dynamic processes of cultural appropriation and social change. This book will be essential reading for scholars and students of African performance, theatre, and popular culture. Catherine M. Cole is Assistant Professor in the Department of Dramatic Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has published numerous articles on African theatre and has collaborated with filmmaker Kwame Braun on "passing girl; riverside," a video essay on the ethical dilemmas of visual anthropology. June 2001 256 pages, 26 b&w photos, 3 maps, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, notes, bibl., index cloth 0-253-33845-X $49.95 L / £38.00 paper 0-253-21436-X $19.95 s / £15.50

Worldmark Encyclopedia Of Cultures And Daily Life

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Author : Timothy L. Gall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Worldmark Encyclopedia Of Cultures And Daily Life written by Timothy L. Gall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Reference categories.

Provides information on the cultures of the world, covering different areas of daily life including clothing, food, language and religion.