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Author : Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Release : 2018-03-27
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Rise of the African Novel by : Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Download or read book The Rise of the African Novel written by Mukoma Wa Ngugi. This book was released on 2018-03-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging questions of language, identity, and reception to restore South African and diaspora writing to the African literary tradition
Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Release : 1986
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 016/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Decolonising the Mind by : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Download or read book Decolonising the Mind written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ngugi wrote his first novels and plays in English but was determined, even before his detention without trial in 1978, to move to writing in Gikuyu.
Author : Esther Mukewa Lisanza
Release : 2020-08-16
Genre : Foreign Language Study
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Book Rating : 812/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century by : Esther Mukewa Lisanza
Download or read book African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century written by Esther Mukewa Lisanza. This book was released on 2020-08-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book examines the crucial role still played by African languages in pedagogy and literatures in the 21st century, generating insights into how they effectively serve cultural needs across the African continent and beyond. Boldly positioning African languages as key resources in the 21st century, chapters focus on themes such as language revolt by marginalized groups at grassroots level, the experience of American students learning African languages, female empowerment through the use of African languages in music, film and literary works, and immigration issues. The contributions are written by scholars of language, literature, education and linguistics, and the book will be of interest to students and scholars in these and related areas.
Author : Ruth Finnegan
Release : 2012-09
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 708/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Oral Literature in Africa by : Ruth Finnegan
Download or read book Oral Literature in Africa written by Ruth Finnegan. This book was released on 2012-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Author : Alain Ricard
Release : 2004
Genre : African literature
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Book Synopsis The Languages and Literatures of Africa by : Alain Ricard
Download or read book The Languages and Literatures of Africa written by Alain Ricard. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, African literatures are presented in a new perspective focusing on the dialogue between languages and literatures. An historical overview provides new insights into the literatures of Africa, both oral and written.
