Cultural Literature
AFRICA IN THE WORLD THE WORLD IN AFRICA: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF ABIOLA IRELE
This is a collection of essays by some of the most prominent and influential writers, scholars and critics of the African arts and humanities. The initial impetus for the collection came from an international symposium held at Harvard University in...
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OBAMA PHENOMENON: ESSAYS AND POETRY BY BLACK CRITICS AND CREATIVE ARTISTS
Edited by internationally recognized scholar on black literatures and cultures, Femi Ojo-Ade, this volume brings together a mixture of young intellectuals and seasoned scholars from Africa and its Diaspora to address various themes of the Obama phenomenon, all from an...
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EARLY WEST AFRICAN WRITERS: AMOS TUTUOLA CYPRIAN EKWENSI & AYI KWEI ARMAH
This book focuses on the first works produced by three talented West Africans who felt an urge to express themselves in print. These creative individuals were pioneers in a literary movement that gathered force and swept across Africa with remarkable...
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EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON UNGULANI BA KA KHOSA
Emerging Perspectives On Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa honors the celebrated Mozambican writer, Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, who was awarded the 2007 José Craveirinha Prize for his Os Sobreviventes da Noite (Survivors of the Night). Recipient of the Grand Prize for...
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EXCISING THE SPIRIT: LITERARY ANALYSIS OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION
Excising the Spirit: A Literary Analysis of Female Circumcision delves into one of the most complex issues of the modern era, female circumcision, or female genital mutilation. The issue of female circumcision catapulted into the mainstream after the publication of...
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EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON KEN BUGUL
Ken Bugul has written seven novels. She has persisted in conveying the traumatic moments that have marked her own experiences and has increasingly been reaching out to express the voices of her generation of women - in transgressive and bold...
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OLAUDAH EQUIANO AND THE IGBO WORLD: HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND ATLANTIC DIASPORA CONNECTIONS
Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee. Product details Publisher : Africa World Pr (October 31, 2008)...
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KNOWLEDGE IS MORE THAN MERE WORDS/WEY DEHN SAY? DEHN SAY KAPU SEHNS NOR KAPU WORD: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO SIERRA LEONEAN LITERATURE
The first comprehensive analysis and assessment of a national literature that has been growing in recent years. It provides insightful information about the historical and cultural background to the literature and traditions on which contemporary writers have built their reputations....
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OF WAR AND WOMEN, OPPRESSION AND OPTIMISM: NEW ESSAYS ON THE AFRICAN NOVEL
A supplement to Palmer's earlier works on the African novel, An Introduction to the African Novel and The Growth of the African Novel. Here, Palmer undertakes a detailed critical assessment of key novels he feels are typical of the main...
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BEYOND THE CANEBRAKES: CARIBBEAN WOMEN WRITERS IN CANADA (PB)
Beyond the Canebrakes: West Indian Women Writers in Canada is a text of fifteen essays and two interviews that examine the work of West Indian Women Writers living in Canada. The essays examine the work of literary artists Claire Harris,...
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GOLDEN APPLE: CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF CIVILIZATION
In praise of An African Answer: The Key to Global Productivity, by Edgar J. Ridley - "It is a great book." W. Edwards Deming"Symptomatic thinking may well be the answer to the world's problems." - Eric Watkins, African Business magazine."With The Golden Apple: Changing the...
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AFRICA, BRAZIL AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF TRANS ATLANTIC BLACK IDENTITIES
The flow of ideas about race, anti-racism and black or African identity across the Atlantic is the focus of this volume of essays drawn from a very special international South-South workshop held on the island of Gorée, Senegal, in December...
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EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON AKINWUMI ISOLA
This book provides debates and representations of society to be found in the works of Akínwùmi Ìs ò lá, one of the leading contemporary writers in African-language. His numerous creative works have received national and international attention, and many of...
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CONFIGURING THE AFRICAN WORLD: ESSAYS ON CONTINENTAL AND DIASPORIC LITERATURES AND CULTURES
Configuring the African World: Essays on Continental and Diasporic Literatures and Cultures Product details Publisher : Africa World Press (September 5, 2007) Language : English Paperback : 312 pages ISBN-10 : 1592214487 ISBN-13 : 978-1592214488 Item Weight : 1.05 pounds Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9...
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EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON AMINATA SOW FALL: THE REAL AND THE IMAGINARY IN HER NOVELS
For Aminata Sow Fall, writing is subversive because it poses questions that need answers. So, for her, the writer s role is not to moralize, but rather to raise questions and the readers are to act on the questions raised....
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AFRO-BRAZILIAN MIND (THE): Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literary and Cultural Criticism
This multilingual reader brings together literary and cultural critics from Africa, Europe, and the Americas to validate and re-evaluate the legitimacy of Afro-Brazilian studies and culture as a field of academic inquiry worthy of canonical inclusion. The thirty two multifaceted...
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GENDER AND IDENTITY IN THE WORKS OSONYE TESS ONWUEME
Gender & Identity
Product details
Publisher : Africa World Pr (July 30, 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 318 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592212743
ISBN-13 : 978-1592212743
Item Weight : 15.6 ounces
Dimensions : 0.98 x 5.39 x 8.43 inches
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LIVING ON A HORIZON: THE WRITINGS OF BESSIE HEAD (COMING SOON)
Bessie Head s writing illustrates a rich fusion of styles, subjects and philosophical and literary influences. Living on a Horizon explores this range by drawing both on postcolonial and feminist theories and on the variety of cultural references that Head...
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GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN AFRICAN LITERATURE AND FILM
This ground-breaking volume provides scholars with a sustained exploration of human sexuality as an integral part of gender studies. The book s theoretical, interpretative, and analytical approaches document the state of present knowledge on homoeroticism in African literature and film....
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AFRICAN LITERATURE AT THE MILLENIUM #13
This selection of essays fairly represents the geographic and thematic range of presentations at the millennial conference of the African Literature Association (ALA) in Lawrence, Kansas, which explored enduring themes and new directions in African and African Diaspora literatures. The...
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