The Wild Hunter In The Bush Of The Ghosts
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The Wild Hunter In The Bush Of The Ghosts
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Author : Amos Tutuola
language : en
Publisher: Three Continents
Release Date : 1989
The Wild Hunter In The Bush Of The Ghosts written by Amos Tutuola and has been published by Three Continents this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Folklore categories.
The Wild Hunter in this fictional autobiography is transported to five towns, each of which is inhabited by mischievous ghosts who harass and sometimes seriously threaten him. Through wit, cunning, and the help of a magic charm, the protagonist escapes their tortures.
Wild Hunter In The Bush Of The Ghosts
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Author : Amos Tutuola
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982-12-01
Wild Hunter In The Bush Of The Ghosts written by Amos Tutuola and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-12-01 with categories.
European Language Writing In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Albert S. Gérard
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1986
European Language Writing In Sub Saharan Africa written by Albert S. Gérard and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Africa, Sub-Saharan categories.
The first major comparative study of African writing in western languages, European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Albert S. Gérard, falls into four wide-ranging sections: an overview of early contacts and colonial developments "Under Western Eyes"; chapters on "Black Consciousness" manifest in the debates over Panafricanism and Negritude; a group of essays on mental decolonization expressed in "Black Power" texts at the time of independence struggles; and finally "Comparative Vistas," sketching directions that future comparative study might explore. An introductory e.
The Wild Hunter In The Bush Of The Ghosts
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Author : Amos Tutuola
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
The Wild Hunter In The Bush Of The Ghosts written by Amos Tutuola and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Folklore categories.
Incompleteness Mobility And Conviviality
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Author : Francis Nyamnjoh
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2023-12-05
Incompleteness Mobility And Conviviality written by Francis Nyamnjoh and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-05 with Social Science categories.
Central to the Jensen Memorial Lectures 2023 is an invitation to take incompleteness seriously in how we imagine, relate to and seek to understand a world in perpetual motion. Despite our instinct for and obsession with completeness, we are constantly reminded that the sooner one recognises and provides for incompleteness and the conviviality it inspires as the normal way of being, the better we are for it. Fluidity, compositeness and the capacity to be present in multiple places and forms simultaneously in whole or in fragments are core characteristics of reality and ontology of incompleteness. How would we frame our curiosities and conversations about processes, relationships and phenomena with an understanding of the universality of incompleteness and mobility? West and Central Africa, for example, are regions where it is commonplace to embrace and celebrate incompleteness in nature, the suprasensory, human beings, human actions, human inventions and human achievements. The lectures indicate how we could draw inspiration in this regard to inform current clamours for decolonisation and the growing ambivalence about rapid advances in digital technologies (artificial intelligence (AI) in particular), as well as with twenty-first century concerns about migrants and strangers knocking at the doors of opportunities we feel more entitled to as bona fide citizens and insiders. The lectures draw on the writings of Amos Tutuola as well as from popular ideas of personhood and agency in Africa, to make a case for sidestepped and silenced traditions of knowledge. They highlight Africa’s possibilities, prospects and emergent capacities for being and becoming in tune with the continent’s creativity and imagination. They speak to the nimble-footed flexible-minded frontier African at the crossroads and junctions of myriad encounters, facilitating creative conversations and challenging regressive logics of exclusionary claims and articulation of identities and achievements. The traditions of knowledge discussed in these lectures do not only speak to Africans, but to the world, as the philosophies explored have universal application. “The crucial anthropological question of relationality and othering is at the heart of this original and enlightening book. Nyamnjoh cautions the missionaries of decoloniality against the risk of substituting one illusion of completeness with another. For him, incompleteness is the basis of any healthy exchange. He therefore recommends embracing the universality of incompleteness in motion and taking seriously an ancestral tradition of self-extension through creative imagination in this anxious age of artificial intelligence. Forcefully argued and abundantly substantiated – with finesse and laughter that run through it – this book will be a milestone by making us rediscover the demands and the magic of fieldwork.” Prof. Dr. Mamadou Diawara, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main Frobenius-Institut, Frankfurt/Main Point Sud, Bamako, Mali
Drinking From The Cosmic Gourd
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Author : Nyamnjoh, Francis B.
language : en
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Release Date : 2017-03-15
Drinking From The Cosmic Gourd written by Nyamnjoh, Francis B. and has been published by Langaa RPCIG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-15 with Social Science categories.
This book questions colonial and apartheid ideologies on being human and being African, ideologies that continue to shape how research is conceptualised, taught and practiced in universities across Africa. Africans immersed in popular traditions of meaning-making are denied the right, by those who police the borders of knowledge, to think and represent their realities in accordance with the civilisations and universes they know best. Often, the ways of life they cherish are labelled and dismissed too eagerly as traditional knowledge by some of the very African intellectual elite they look to for protection. The book makes a case for sidestepped traditions of knowledge. It draws attention to Africa’s possibilities, prospects and emergent capacities for being and becoming in tune with its creativity and imagination. It speaks to the nimble-footed flexible-minded “frontier African” at the crossroads and junctions of encounters, facilitating creative conversations and challenging regressive logics of exclusionary identities. The book uses Amos Tutuola’s stories to question dualistic assumptions about reality and scholarship, and to call for conviviality, interconnections and interdependence between competing knowledge traditions in Africa.
The Palm Wine Drinkard
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Author : Amos Tutuola
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2014-07-01
The Palm Wine Drinkard written by Amos Tutuola and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Fiction categories.
This classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination', The Palm-Wine Drinkard is regarded as the seminal work of African literature.'Brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching.' Dylan Thomas, Observer'Tutuola's art conceals - or rather clothes - his purpose, as all good art must do.' Chinua Achebe
Encyclopedia Of The Yoruba
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Author : Toyin Falola
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2016-06-20
Encyclopedia Of The Yoruba written by Toyin Falola 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 2016-06-20 with Social Science categories.
“The encyclopedia gives a complex, yet detailed, presentation of the Yorùbá, a dominant ethnic group in West Africa . . . an invaluable resource.” —Yoruba Studies Review The Yoruba people today number more than thirty million strong, with significant numbers in the United States, Nigeria, Europe, and Brazil. This landmark reference work emphasizes Yoruba history, geography and demography, language and linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, and art. The 285 entries include biographies of prominent Yoruba figures, artists, and authors; the histories of political institutions; and the impact of technology and media, urban living, and contemporary culture on Yoruba people worldwide. Written by Yoruba experts on all continents, this encyclopedia provides comprehensive background to the global Yoruba and their distinctive and vibrant history and culture. “Readers unfamiliar with the Yoruba will find the introduction a concise and valuable overview of their language and its dialects, recent history, mythology and religion, and diaspora movements . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice
West Africa
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989-07
West Africa written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-07 with Africa, West categories.
Student Encyclopedia Of African Literature
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Author : Douglas Killam
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-12-30
Student Encyclopedia Of African Literature written by Douglas Killam and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
African literature is a vast subject of growing output and interest. Written especially for students, this book selectively surveys the topic in a clear and accessible way. Included are roughly 600 alphabetically arranged entries on writers, genres, and major works. Many entries cite works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. Africa is a land of contrasts and of diverse cultures and traditions. It is also a land of conflict and creativity. The literature of the continent draws upon a fascinating body of oral traditions and lore and also reflects the political turmoil of the modern world. With the increased interest in cultural diversity and the growing centrality of Africa in world politics, African literature is figuring more and more prominently in the curriculum. This book helps students learn about the African literary achievement. Written expressly for students, this book is far more accessible than other reference works on the subject. Included are nearly 600 alphabetically arranged entries on authors, such as Chinua Achebe, Athol Fugard, Buchi Emecheta, Nadine Gordimer, and Wole Soyinka; major works, such as Things Fall Apart and Petals of Blood; and individual genres, such as the novel, drama, and poetry. Many entries cite works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.