African Literature Today

African Literature Today PDF Author: Ernest Emenyo̲nu
Publisher: African Literature Today (Hard
ISBN: 9781847012340
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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AFRICAN LITERATURE TODAY was established at a time of uncertainty and reconstruction but for 50 years it has played a leading role in nurturing imaginative creativity and its criticism on the African continent and beyond. Contemporary African creative writers have confidently taken strides which resonate all over the world. The daring diversities, stylistic innovations and enchanting audacities which characterize their works across many different genres resonate with readers beyond African geographic and linguistic boundaries. Writers in Africa and the diaspora seem to be speaking with collective and individual voices that compel world attention and admiration. And they arebeing read in numerous world languages. This volume's contributors recognize the foundations laid by the pioneer African writers as they point vigorously to contemporary writers who have moved African imaginative creativityforward with utmost integrity, and to the critics who continue to respond with unyielding tenacity. The founding Editor of ALT, Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones, recalls in an interview in this volume, the role ALT played in the evolution and stimulation of a wave of African literary studies and criticism in mid-20th century: "The 1960s saw a good deal of activity among scholars teaching African Literature throughout Africa and the world, and this ledto a series of conferences in African Literature in Dakar, Nairobi, and Freetown.around the idea of communication between the various English Departments which took an interest in African Literature. We decided on a bulletin, which was just a kind of newsletter between departments saying what was going on....it was that bulletin that showed the potential of this kind of communication... after that we started African Literature Today as a journal inviting articles on the works of African writers." Contributors to the series demonstrate the impact of the growth in studies and criticism of African Literature in the 50 years since its founding. Series Editor: Ernest N. Emenyonu is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. Reviews Editor: Obi Nwakanma

African Literature Today

African Literature Today PDF Author: Ernest Emenyo̲nu
Publisher: African Literature Today (Hard
ISBN: 9781847012340
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
AFRICAN LITERATURE TODAY was established at a time of uncertainty and reconstruction but for 50 years it has played a leading role in nurturing imaginative creativity and its criticism on the African continent and beyond. Contemporary African creative writers have confidently taken strides which resonate all over the world. The daring diversities, stylistic innovations and enchanting audacities which characterize their works across many different genres resonate with readers beyond African geographic and linguistic boundaries. Writers in Africa and the diaspora seem to be speaking with collective and individual voices that compel world attention and admiration. And they arebeing read in numerous world languages. This volume's contributors recognize the foundations laid by the pioneer African writers as they point vigorously to contemporary writers who have moved African imaginative creativityforward with utmost integrity, and to the critics who continue to respond with unyielding tenacity. The founding Editor of ALT, Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones, recalls in an interview in this volume, the role ALT played in the evolution and stimulation of a wave of African literary studies and criticism in mid-20th century: "The 1960s saw a good deal of activity among scholars teaching African Literature throughout Africa and the world, and this ledto a series of conferences in African Literature in Dakar, Nairobi, and Freetown.around the idea of communication between the various English Departments which took an interest in African Literature. We decided on a bulletin, which was just a kind of newsletter between departments saying what was going on....it was that bulletin that showed the potential of this kind of communication... after that we started African Literature Today as a journal inviting articles on the works of African writers." Contributors to the series demonstrate the impact of the growth in studies and criticism of African Literature in the 50 years since its founding. Series Editor: Ernest N. Emenyonu is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. Reviews Editor: Obi Nwakanma

War in African Literature Today

War in African Literature Today PDF Author: Ernest Emenyo̲nu
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0852555717
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Since the second half of the twentieth century, no single phenomenon has marred the image and development of Africa more than senseless fratricidal wars which rapidly followed the political independence of nations. This issue of African Literature Today is devoted to studies of how African writers, as historical witnesses, have handled the recreation of war as a cataclysmic phenomenon in various locations on the continent. The contributors explore the subject from a variety of perspectives: panoramic, regional, national and through comparative studies. War has enriched contemporary African literature, but at what price to human lives, peace and the environment? ERNEST EMENYONU is Professor of the Department of Africana Studies University of Michigan-Flint. The contributors include: CHIMALUM NWANKWO, CHRISTINE MATZKE, CLEMENT A. OKAFOR, INIBONG I. UKO, OIKE MACHIKO, SOPHIE OGWUDE, MAURICE TAONEZVI VAMBE, ZOE NORRIDGE and ISIDORE DIALA. Nigeria: HEBN

New Novels in African Literature Today

New Novels in African Literature Today PDF Author: Ernest Emenyo̲nu
Publisher: James Currey
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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This work discusses the validity of the perception that the new generation of African novelists is different in vision, style and worldview from the older generation. The 13 papers have been carefully selected to highlight the contention that the previous generation made culture-conflict their sole theme.

African Literature Today

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Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Environmental Transformations

Environmental Transformations PDF Author: Ernest N. Emenyonu
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1847012280
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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Investigates what literary strategies African writers adopt to convey the impact of climate transformation and environmental change.

Women in African Literature Today

Women in African Literature Today PDF Author: Eldred D. Jones
Publisher: James Currey
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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Reflects the emergence of accomplished works by African women writers. North America: Africa World Press

The Rise of the African Novel

The Rise of the African Novel PDF Author: Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047205368X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Engaging questions of language, identity, and reception to restore South African and diaspora writing to the African literary tradition

Focus on Egypt

Focus on Egypt PDF Author: Ernest Emenyo̲nu
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1847011713
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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As well as a rare examination of Egyptian literature, this volume includes a non-themed section of Featured Articles and a Literary Supplement.

African Literature in the Digital Age

African Literature in the Digital Age PDF Author: Shola Adenekan
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1847012388
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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The first book-length study on the relationship between African literature and new media.

Goatskin Bags and Wisdom

Goatskin Bags and Wisdom PDF Author: Ernest Emenyo̲nu
Publisher: Africa World Press
ISBN: 9780865436718
Category : African literature
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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"Among the contributors are a new generation of young African writers whose studies include the works of a number of established and emerging African Writers about whom there is little criticism now in existence."--BOOK JACKET.