Women Writers Of Gabon
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Women Writers Of Gabon
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Author : Cheryl Toman
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2016-10-07
Women Writers Of Gabon written by Cheryl Toman and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
Women Writers of Gabon: Literature and Herstory demonstrates how the invisibility of women (historically, politically, cross-culturally, etc.) has led to the omission of Gabon’s literature from the African canon, but it also discusses in depth the unique elements of Gabonese women’s writing that show it is worthy of critical recognition and that prove why Gabonese women writers must be considered a major force in African literature. This book is the only book-length critical study of Gabonese literature that exists in English and although there are titles in French that provide analyses of the works of Gabonese women writers, no one work is comprehensive nor is the history of women’s writing in Gabon considered in the such a manner. Throughout the various chapters, the book explores, among other things, contributions that are unique to Gabonese women writers such as: definitions of African feminisms as they pertain to Gabonese society, the rewriting of oral histories, rituals, and traditions of the Fang ethnic group, one of the first introductions of same-sex couples in African Francophone literature, discussions on the impact of witchcraft on development, and the appropriating of the epic poetry known as the mvet by women writers. The chapters explore works by all major voices in Gabonese women’s writing including Angèle Rawiri, Justine Mintsa, Sylvie Ntsame, Honorine Ngou, and Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa and the book concludes with brief introductions of a younger generation of Gabonese women writers such as Edna Merey-Apinda, Alice Endamne, Nadia Origo, Miryl Eteno, and Elisabeth Aworet among others.
The Fury And Cries Of Women
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Author : Angèle Rawiri
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2014-07-07
The Fury And Cries Of Women written by Angèle Rawiri and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-07 with Fiction categories.
Gabon’s first female novelist, Angèle Rawiri probed deeper into the issues that writers a generation before her—Mariama Bâ and Aminata Sow Fall—had begun to address. Translated by Sara Hanaburgh, this third novel of the three Rawiri published is considered the richest of her fictional prose. It offers a gripping account of a modern woman, Emilienne, who questions traditional values and seeks emancipation from them. Emilienne’s active search for feminism on her own terms is tangled up with cultural expectations and taboos of motherhood, marriage, polygamy, divorce, and passion. She completes her university studies in Paris; marries a man from another ethnic group; becomes a leader in women’s liberation; enjoys professional success, even earning more than her husband; and eventually takes a female lover. Yet still she remains unsatisfied. Those closest to her, and even she herself, constantly question her role as woman, wife, mother, and lover. The tragic death of her only child—her daughter Rékia—accentuates Emilienne’s anguish, all the more so because of her subsequent barrenness and the pressure that she concede to her husband’s taking a second wife. In her forceful portrayal of one woman’s life in Central Africa in the late 1980s, Rawiri prompts us not only to reconsider our notions of African feminism and the canon of francophone African women’s writing but also to expand our awareness of the issues women face across the world today in the workforce, in the bedroom, and among family and peers.
The Female Condition In The Novels Of Gabonese Writer Sylvie Ntsame
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Author : Paschal Kyiiripuo Kyoore
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2023-11-20
The Female Condition In The Novels Of Gabonese Writer Sylvie Ntsame written by Paschal Kyiiripuo Kyoore 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 2023-11-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book argues that Gabonese writer Sylvie Ntsame utilizes her novels to question certain patriarchal traditions and practices in African society (such as polygyny) that, in certain contexts, tend to silence the voice of the female. Through engaging with feminist theories, among other theoretical frameworks, the author demonstrates how, in some of Ntsame’s novels, the black female body is an object of voyeurism that reduces the women to eroticized, exoticized Others. The author further argues that Ntsame counters the dystopia of racism with a depiction of idealized love through an interracial relationship, presented against the backdrop of stereotypes and myths that stifle such relationships. Ntsame does this by going back to her cultural roots, and calling for understanding between peoples of diverse ethnicities and cultures. The book makes valuable contributions to the study of Gabonese women’s writing in particular, and African women’s writing in general.
Awu S Story
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Author : Justine Mintsa
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2018-05-01
Awu S Story written by Justine Mintsa and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Fiction categories.
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, villages in the Fang region of northern Gabon must grapple with the clash of tradition and the evolution of customs throughout modern Africa. With this tension in the background, the passionate, deft, and creative seamstress Awu marries Obame, after he and his beloved wife, Bella, have been unable to conceive. Because all three are reluctant participants in this arrangement, theirs is an emotionally fraught existence. Through heartbreaking and disastrous events, Awu grapples with long-standing Fang customs that counter her desire to take full control of her life and home. Supplemented with a foreword and critical introduction highlighting Justine Mintsa’s importance in African literature, Awu’s Story is an essential work of African women’s writing and the only published work to meditate this deeply on some of the Fang’s most cherished legends and oral history.
Female Condition In The Novels Of Gabonese Writer Sylvie Ntsame
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Author : PASCHAL KYIIRIPUO. KYOORE
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Female Condition In The Novels Of Gabonese Writer Sylvie Ntsame written by PASCHAL KYIIRIPUO. KYOORE and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with categories.
New Women S Writing In African Literature
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Author : Ernest Emenyo̲nu
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 2004
New Women S Writing 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 2004 with Literary Collections categories.
African women writers have come a long way since the 1960s when they were hardly acknowledged or noticed as serious writers. In the past four decades their works have been steadily rising in quantity and quality. Today these writers are seriously redefining images of womanhood, providing new visions, and reshaping erstwhile distorted characterizations of African women in fiction. ERNEST EMENYONU is Professor of the Department of Africana Studies University of Michigan-Flint. North America: Africa World Press; Nigeria: HEBN
Women Writers In Black Africa
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Author : Lloyd W. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1981-06-26
Women Writers In Black Africa written by Lloyd W. Brown and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-06-26 with Social Science categories.
In Their Own Voices
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Author : Adeola James
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 1990
In Their Own Voices written by Adeola James 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 1990 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Interviews with a selection of African women writers. This book makes a strong and compelling statement about the position of women writers and women in contemporary Africa using the words of the writers themselves', says Dennis Duerden, the author of the earlier African WritersTalking.
Women Writing Africa
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Author : Margaret J. Daymond
language : en
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
Release Date : 2003
Women Writing Africa written by Margaret J. Daymond and has been published by Feminist Press at CUNY this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Essential...this distinctive series presents 120 southern African texts that are rich, evocative. -- Library Journal
Women Writers In Francophone Africa
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Author : Nicki Hitchcott
language : en
Publisher: Berg 3pl
Release Date : 2000-01-04
Women Writers In Francophone Africa written by Nicki Hitchcott and has been published by Berg 3pl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-04 with History categories.
Considering questions of genre and ideology, the author highlights the tension between the individualistic act of writing and the collective tradition of African society. The authors discussed include Aminata Sow Fall and Werewere Liking.