Author: Adrian Onyando
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kenyan poetry (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Epic of Gor Mahia
Author: Adrian Onyando
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kenyan poetry (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kenyan poetry (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Obama and Kenya
Author: Matthew Carotenuto
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0896804925
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Barack Obama’s political ascendancy has focused considerable global attention on the history of Kenya generally and the history of the Luo community particularly. From politicos populating the blogosphere and bookshelves in the U.S and Kenya, to tourists traipsing through Obama’s ancestral home, a variety of groups have mobilized new readings of Kenya’s past in service of their own ends. Through narratives placing Obama into a simplified, sweeping narrative of anticolonial barbarism and postcolonial “tribal” violence, the story of the United States president’s nuanced relationship to Kenya has been lost amid stereotypical portrayals of Africa. At the same time, Kenyan state officials have aimed to weave Obama into the contested narrative of Kenyan nationhood. Matthew Carotenuto and Katherine Luongo argue that efforts to cast Obama as a “son of the soil” of the Lake Victoria basin invite insights into the politicized uses of Kenya’s past. Ideal for classroom use and directed at a general readership interested in global affairs, Obama and Kenya offers an important counterpoint to the many popular but inaccurate texts about Kenya’s history and Obama’s place in it as well as focused, thematic analyses of contemporary debates about ethnic politics, “tribal” identities, postcolonial governance, and U.S. African relations.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0896804925
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Barack Obama’s political ascendancy has focused considerable global attention on the history of Kenya generally and the history of the Luo community particularly. From politicos populating the blogosphere and bookshelves in the U.S and Kenya, to tourists traipsing through Obama’s ancestral home, a variety of groups have mobilized new readings of Kenya’s past in service of their own ends. Through narratives placing Obama into a simplified, sweeping narrative of anticolonial barbarism and postcolonial “tribal” violence, the story of the United States president’s nuanced relationship to Kenya has been lost amid stereotypical portrayals of Africa. At the same time, Kenyan state officials have aimed to weave Obama into the contested narrative of Kenyan nationhood. Matthew Carotenuto and Katherine Luongo argue that efforts to cast Obama as a “son of the soil” of the Lake Victoria basin invite insights into the politicized uses of Kenya’s past. Ideal for classroom use and directed at a general readership interested in global affairs, Obama and Kenya offers an important counterpoint to the many popular but inaccurate texts about Kenya’s history and Obama’s place in it as well as focused, thematic analyses of contemporary debates about ethnic politics, “tribal” identities, postcolonial governance, and U.S. African relations.
Popular Poetry of the Baloches
Author: Mansel Longworth Dames
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baluchi (Southwest Asian people)
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baluchi (Southwest Asian people)
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Beowulf
Author:
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111105
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and history into a powerful narrative. Genealogies.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111105
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and history into a powerful narrative. Genealogies.
Heart of Wilderness
Author: Adrian Onyando
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Political Succession in East Africa
Author: Chris Maina Peter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
A Complete Guide to Sikhism
Author: Jagraj Singh
Publisher: Unistar Books
ISBN: 9788171427543
Category : Sikhism
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher: Unistar Books
ISBN: 9788171427543
Category : Sikhism
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Taming the Wild
Author: Adrian Onyando
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kings and rulers
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kings and rulers
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Teaching Oral Literature
Author: Masheti Masinjila
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
A History of Vietnam
Author: Oscar Chapuis
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0313296227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first work to chronicle the history of Vietnam beginning in the legendary past—a memory that is so significant to the Vietnamese identity and belief system. Written by a native, this history portrays the Sino-Viet interdependence that lasted for 1,000 years and had such an influence on Vietnamese culture. When in the 15th century, the Vietnamese finally evicted their Chinese masters, they were subsequently overrun with the forces of Westernization, the spice trade and industrialization. Chapuis's history takes us to the French conquest through the regimes of Emperors Gia Long, Ming Mang, Thieu Tri, and Tu Duc.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0313296227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first work to chronicle the history of Vietnam beginning in the legendary past—a memory that is so significant to the Vietnamese identity and belief system. Written by a native, this history portrays the Sino-Viet interdependence that lasted for 1,000 years and had such an influence on Vietnamese culture. When in the 15th century, the Vietnamese finally evicted their Chinese masters, they were subsequently overrun with the forces of Westernization, the spice trade and industrialization. Chapuis's history takes us to the French conquest through the regimes of Emperors Gia Long, Ming Mang, Thieu Tri, and Tu Duc.