Author: Mazisi Kunene
Publisher: Africana Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Zulu Poems
Author: Mazisi Kunene
Publisher: Africana Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher: Africana Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Emperor Shaka the Great
Author: Mazisi Kunene
Publisher: East African Publishers
ISBN: 9789966468697
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher: East African Publishers
ISBN: 9789966468697
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Anthem of the Decades
Author: Mazisi Kunene
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Ancestors & the Sacred Mountain
Author: Mazisi Kunene
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Chaka
Author: Thomas Mofolo
Publisher: Waveland Press
ISBN: 1478609729
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Chaka is a genuine masterpiece that represents one of the earliest major contributions of black Africa to the corpus of modern world literature. Mofolos fictionalized life-story account of Chaka (Shaka), translated from Sesotho by D. P. Kunene, begins with the future Zulu kings birth followed by the unwarranted taunts and abuse he receives during childhood and adolescence. The author manipulates events leading to Chakas status of great Zulu warrior, conqueror, and king to emphasize classic tragedys psychological themes of ambition and power, cruelty, and ultimate ruin. Mofolos clever nods to the supernatural add symbolic value. Kunenes fine translation renders the dramatic and tragic tensions in Mofolos tale palpable as the richness of the authors own culture is revealed. A substantial introduction by the translator provides valuable context for modern readers.
Publisher: Waveland Press
ISBN: 1478609729
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Chaka is a genuine masterpiece that represents one of the earliest major contributions of black Africa to the corpus of modern world literature. Mofolos fictionalized life-story account of Chaka (Shaka), translated from Sesotho by D. P. Kunene, begins with the future Zulu kings birth followed by the unwarranted taunts and abuse he receives during childhood and adolescence. The author manipulates events leading to Chakas status of great Zulu warrior, conqueror, and king to emphasize classic tragedys psychological themes of ambition and power, cruelty, and ultimate ruin. Mofolos clever nods to the supernatural add symbolic value. Kunenes fine translation renders the dramatic and tragic tensions in Mofolos tale palpable as the richness of the authors own culture is revealed. A substantial introduction by the translator provides valuable context for modern readers.
Echoes from the Mountain
Author: Mazisi Kunene
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Echoes from the Mountain. New and Selected Poems by Mazisi Kunene
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Echoes from the Mountain. New and Selected Poems by Mazisi Kunene
Two Zulu Poets: Mazisi Kunene and BW Vilakazi
Author: Okoro, Dike
Publisher: Cissus World Press
ISBN: 0967951194
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
In Two Zulu Poets, Dike Okoro brings to our attention the sparkling wealth of African poetry in indigenous languages. Modern African poets and scholars owe so much to the pioneering efforts of these two South African poets. Dr. Okoro has surely, in this bilingual edition of two Zulu poets, unearthed invaluable gems of poetry. Tanure Ojaide, Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte “Mazisi Kunene is simply one of Africa greatest poets.” N'gugi wa Thiong'o, University of California Irvine, CA, USA “There is a direct line of continuity between Benedict Wallet Vilakazi and Mazisi Kunene concerning the fundamental issue that African literature should be written in the African languages by New African intellectuals”, The Historical Figures of the New African Movement". Ntongela Masilela, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Creative Studies
Publisher: Cissus World Press
ISBN: 0967951194
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
In Two Zulu Poets, Dike Okoro brings to our attention the sparkling wealth of African poetry in indigenous languages. Modern African poets and scholars owe so much to the pioneering efforts of these two South African poets. Dr. Okoro has surely, in this bilingual edition of two Zulu poets, unearthed invaluable gems of poetry. Tanure Ojaide, Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte “Mazisi Kunene is simply one of Africa greatest poets.” N'gugi wa Thiong'o, University of California Irvine, CA, USA “There is a direct line of continuity between Benedict Wallet Vilakazi and Mazisi Kunene concerning the fundamental issue that African literature should be written in the African languages by New African intellectuals”, The Historical Figures of the New African Movement". Ntongela Masilela, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Creative Studies
African Intellectual Heritage
Author: Abu Shardow Abarry
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781566394031
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Organized by major themes—such as creation stories, and resistance to oppression—this collection gather works of imagination, politics and history, religion, and culture from many societies and across recorded time. Asante and Abarry marshal together ancient, anonymous writers whose texts were originally written on stone and papyri and the well-known public figures of more recent times whose spoken and written words have shaped the intellectual history of the diaspora. Within this remarkably wide-ranging volume are such sources as prayers and praise songs from ancient Kemet and Ethiopia along with African American spirituals; political commentary from C.L.R. James, Malcolm X, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Joseph Nyerere; stirring calls for social justice from David Walker, Abdias Nacimento, Franzo Fanon, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring newly translated texts and ocuments published for the first time, the volume also includes an African chronology, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. With this landmark book, Asante and Abarry offer a major contribution to the ongoing debates on defining the African canon. Author note:Molefi Kete Asanteis Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Temple University and author of several books, includingThe Afrocentric Idea(Temple) andThe Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans.Abu S. Abarryis Assistant Chair of African American Studies at Temple University.
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781566394031
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Organized by major themes—such as creation stories, and resistance to oppression—this collection gather works of imagination, politics and history, religion, and culture from many societies and across recorded time. Asante and Abarry marshal together ancient, anonymous writers whose texts were originally written on stone and papyri and the well-known public figures of more recent times whose spoken and written words have shaped the intellectual history of the diaspora. Within this remarkably wide-ranging volume are such sources as prayers and praise songs from ancient Kemet and Ethiopia along with African American spirituals; political commentary from C.L.R. James, Malcolm X, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Joseph Nyerere; stirring calls for social justice from David Walker, Abdias Nacimento, Franzo Fanon, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring newly translated texts and ocuments published for the first time, the volume also includes an African chronology, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. With this landmark book, Asante and Abarry offer a major contribution to the ongoing debates on defining the African canon. Author note:Molefi Kete Asanteis Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Temple University and author of several books, includingThe Afrocentric Idea(Temple) andThe Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans.Abu S. Abarryis Assistant Chair of African American Studies at Temple University.
My Name is Afrika
Author: Keorapetse Kgositsile
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Understanding African Poetry
Author: K. L. Goodwin
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description