Author: Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Myth, History and Society
Author: Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Things Fall Apart
Author: Chinua Achebe
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0385474547
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0385474547
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.
Ropes of Sand
Author: Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Igbo (African people)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Igbo (African people)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Igbo in the Atlantic World
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253022576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
The Igbo are one of the most populous ethnic groups in Nigeria and are perhaps best known and celebrated in the work of Chinua Achebe. In this landmark collection on Igbo society and arts, Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku have compiled a detailed and innovative examination of the Igbo experience in Africa and in the diaspora. Focusing on institutions and cultural practices, the volume covers the enslavement, middle passage, and American experience of the Igbo as well as their return to Africa and aspects of Igbo language, society, and cultural arts. By employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, this volume presents a comprehensive view of how the Igbo were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Igbo identities and culture, and the strategies for resistance employed by the Igbo in the New World. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this collection includes 21 essays by prominent scholars throughout the world.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253022576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
The Igbo are one of the most populous ethnic groups in Nigeria and are perhaps best known and celebrated in the work of Chinua Achebe. In this landmark collection on Igbo society and arts, Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku have compiled a detailed and innovative examination of the Igbo experience in Africa and in the diaspora. Focusing on institutions and cultural practices, the volume covers the enslavement, middle passage, and American experience of the Igbo as well as their return to Africa and aspects of Igbo language, society, and cultural arts. By employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, this volume presents a comprehensive view of how the Igbo were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Igbo identities and culture, and the strategies for resistance employed by the Igbo in the New World. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this collection includes 21 essays by prominent scholars throughout the world.
Olaudah Equiano and the Igbo World
Author: Chima Jacob Korieh
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The contributors to this volume draw from history, literature, philosophy and anthropology to address the intersection between the Igbo and the outside world and how this encounter shaped the currents of slavery, colonialism and the accompanying social transformations Igboland and across the African diaspora.
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The contributors to this volume draw from history, literature, philosophy and anthropology to address the intersection between the Igbo and the outside world and how this encounter shaped the currents of slavery, colonialism and the accompanying social transformations Igboland and across the African diaspora.
The Igbo Intellectual Tradition
Author: G. Chuku
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137311290
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
In this groundbreaking collection, leading historians, Africanists, and other scholars document the life and work of twelve Igbo intellectuals who, educated within European traditions, came to terms with the dominance of European thought while making significant contributions to African intellectual traditions.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137311290
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
In this groundbreaking collection, leading historians, Africanists, and other scholars document the life and work of twelve Igbo intellectuals who, educated within European traditions, came to terms with the dominance of European thought while making significant contributions to African intellectual traditions.
Women in Igbo Life and Thought
Author: Joseph Thérèse Agbasiere
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415227032
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This fascinating work is a testament to the combination of personal insight and academic detachment which the author brought to her study of Igbo women before her death in 1998.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415227032
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This fascinating work is a testament to the combination of personal insight and academic detachment which the author brought to her study of Igbo women before her death in 1998.
A History of the Igbo People
Author: Elizabeth Isichei
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Igbo History and Society
Author: Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
A stimulating and original account of the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria from ancient times to the present, arranged into chapters paying attention to critical issues and themes. Professor Afigbo, a pre-eminent scholar of the Igbo who lived and taught among them for more than 40 years, has collected his experiences and scholarship into a synthesised historiography of the Igbo and their place in the African diaspora.
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
A stimulating and original account of the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria from ancient times to the present, arranged into chapters paying attention to critical issues and themes. Professor Afigbo, a pre-eminent scholar of the Igbo who lived and taught among them for more than 40 years, has collected his experiences and scholarship into a synthesised historiography of the Igbo and their place in the African diaspora.
The Ekumeku Movement
Author: Don C. Ohadike
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Ohadike (Cornell U.) examines the organization and strength of African resistance movements against European colonialism with particular reference to the small-scale communities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Ohadike (Cornell U.) examines the organization and strength of African resistance movements against European colonialism with particular reference to the small-scale communities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR