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A Short History of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

par Terri Ochiagha ...

Collections series Ohio Short Histories of Africa
The publication of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958) is heralded as the inaugural moment of modern African fiction, and the book remains the most widely read African novel of all time. Translated into dozens of languages, it has sold more than twelve million copies and has become a canonical reading in schools the world over. While Things Fall Apart is neither the first African novel to be ... En savoir plus

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The publication of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958) is heralded as the inaugural moment of modern African fiction, and the book remains the most widely read African novel of all time. Translated into dozens of languages, it has sold more than twelve million copies and has become a canonical reading in schools the world over. While Things Fall Apart is neither the first African novel to be
... En savoir plus
Poor No More

par Robert Ruark ...

Poor No More is a story about Craig Price, a rural North Carolinian who grew up in poverty. As an adult, Price evolved into a tycoon who had amassed a financial fortune. His lifestyle and persona, at first, is appealing to many, yet in the end, he misleads and uses business partners and girlfriends. Unsurprisingly, his family life is a mess. While Craig Price accumulates more and more wealth and ... En savoir plus

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Poor No More is a story about Craig Price, a rural North Carolinian who grew up in poverty. As an adult, Price evolved into a tycoon who had amassed a financial fortune. His lifestyle and persona, at first, is appealing to many, yet in the end, he misleads and uses business partners and girlfriends. Unsurprisingly, his family life is a mess. While Craig Price accumulates more and more wealth and
... En savoir plus
In My Father's House

Africa in the Philosophy of Culture

par Kwame Anthony Appiah ...

The beating of Rodney King and the resulting riots in South Central Los Angeles. The violent clash between Hasidim and African-Americans in Crown Heights. The boats of Haitian refugees being turned away from the Land of Opportunity. These are among the many racially-charged images that have burst across our television screens in the last year alone, images that show that for all our complacent ... En savoir plus

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The beating of Rodney King and the resulting riots in South Central Los Angeles. The violent clash between Hasidim and African-Americans in Crown Heights. The boats of Haitian refugees being turned away from the Land of Opportunity. These are among the many racially-charged images that have burst across our television screens in the last year alone, images that show that for all our complacent
... En savoir plus
Heart Of Darkness: The Original 1899 Edition (A Joseph Conrad Classic Novel)

par Joseph Conrad ...

Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) is regarded as one of the greatest writers in English, and Heart of Darkness, first published in 1902, is considered by many his "most famous, finest, and most enigmatic story." — Encyclopedia Britannica. The tale concerns the journey of the narrator (Marlow) up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Far upriver, he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, an ... En savoir plus

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Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) is regarded as one of the greatest writers in English, and Heart of Darkness, first published in 1902, is considered by many his "most famous, finest, and most enigmatic story." — Encyclopedia Britannica. The tale concerns the journey of the narrator (Marlow) up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Far upriver, he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, an
... En savoir plus
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

par Bright Summaries ...

Collections series BrightSummaries.com
Unlock the more straightforward side of Half of a Yellow Sun with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a gripping novel set against the backdrop of the Nigerian Civil War in the 1960s, when the Igbo people attempted to secede from Nigeria to found the Republic of Biafra. The novel depicts ... En savoir plus

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Half of a Yellow Sun with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a gripping novel set against the backdrop of the Nigerian Civil War in the 1960s, when the Igbo people attempted to secede from Nigeria to found the Republic of Biafra. The novel depicts
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Yet Being Someone Other

par Sir Laurens Van Der Post ...

Yet Being Someone Other is the most revealing book that Laurens van der Post wrote about his extraordinary and eventful life, and the most far-reaching; it is a distillation of the experiences that have moved him at the deepest level of the imagination and made him the exceptional person and writer he was. ... En savoir plus

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Yet Being Someone Other is the most revealing book that Laurens van der Post wrote about his extraordinary and eventful life, and the most far-reaching; it is a distillation of the experiences that have moved him at the deepest level of the imagination and made him the exceptional person and writer he was.
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Drawing the Line

What to Do with the Work of Immoral Artists from Museums to the Movies

par Erich Hatala Matthes ...

Can we still watch Woody Allen's movies? Can we still laugh at Bill Cosby's jokes? Woody Allen, Kevin Spacey, Dave Chappelle, Louis C. K., J.K. Rowling, Michael Jackson, Roseanne Barr. Recent years have proven rife with revelations about the misdeeds, objectional views, and, in some instances, crimes of popular artists. Spurred in part by the #metoo movement, and given more access than ever ... En savoir plus

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Can we still watch Woody Allen's movies? Can we still laugh at Bill Cosby's jokes? Woody Allen, Kevin Spacey, Dave Chappelle, Louis C. K., J.K. Rowling, Michael Jackson, Roseanne Barr. Recent years have proven rife with revelations about the misdeeds, objectional views, and, in some instances, crimes of popular artists. Spurred in part by the #metoo movement, and given more access than ever
... En savoir plus
Heart of Darkness with FREE Audiobook+Author's Biography+Active TOC

par Joseph Conrad ...

with FREE Audiobook + Author's Biography + Interactive Table of Contents Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. This highly ... En savoir plus

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with FREE Audiobook + Author's Biography + Interactive Table of Contents Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. This highly
... En savoir plus
Return to my Native Land

par Aime Cesaire ...

Traduit par John Berger, Anna Bostock ...

A work of immense cultural significance and beauty, this long poem became an anthem for the African diaspora and the birth of the Negritude movement. With unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, a bouquet of language-play, and deeply resonant rhythms, Césaire considered this work a "break into the forbidden," at once a cry of rebellion and a celebration of black identity.More praise:"The ... En savoir plus

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A work of immense cultural significance and beauty, this long poem became an anthem for the African diaspora and the birth of the Negritude movement. With unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, a bouquet of language-play, and deeply resonant rhythms, Césaire considered this work a "break into the forbidden," at once a cry of rebellion and a celebration of black identity.More praise:"The
... En savoir plus
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

par Bright Summaries ...

Collections series BrightSummaries.com
Unlock the more straightforward side of Things Fall Apart with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, which centres on the great warrior and champion wrestler Okonkwo as he deals with the challenges resulting from disagreements in his clan, the arrival of white missionaries in his village and the mounting ... En savoir plus

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Things Fall Apart with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, which centres on the great warrior and champion wrestler Okonkwo as he deals with the challenges resulting from disagreements in his clan, the arrival of white missionaries in his village and the mounting
... En savoir plus
The Signifying Monkey

A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism

par Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the ancient poetry and myths found in African, Latin American, and Caribbean culture, and particularly the ... En savoir plus

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Examining the ancient poetry and myths found in African, Latin American, and Caribbean culture, and particularly the
... En savoir plus
Consenting victims

The polygamy drama

par Marie Claire Akamendo Bita ...

Consenting victims is the story of Olivia, a young african woman who believes that love is between one man and one woman, despite the fact that she lives in a country where polygamy is legitimate. Olivia leaves an unfaithful husband to marry a widow who, unfortunately, proves to be as adulterous.Some time after her, he marries one of his mistresses. Here are the two women under the same roof, ... En savoir plus

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Consenting victims is the story of Olivia, a young african woman who believes that love is between one man and one woman, despite the fact that she lives in a country where polygamy is legitimate. Olivia leaves an unfaithful husband to marry a widow who, unfortunately, proves to be as adulterous.Some time after her, he marries one of his mistresses. Here are the two women under the same roof,
... En savoir plus
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (With Original Illustrations)

Enriched edition. A Gothic Sea Ballad of Guilt, Redemption, and the Supernatural

par Samuel Taylor Coleridge ...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' with Original Illustrations is a haunting and mesmerizing work of Romantic poetry that delves into themes of guilt, redemption, nature, and the supernatural. Written in 1797-1798, the poem showcases Coleridge's mastery of lyrical balladry, with its distinctive musical cadence and vivid imagery. The inclusion of original illustrations ... En savoir plus

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' with Original Illustrations is a haunting and mesmerizing work of Romantic poetry that delves into themes of guilt, redemption, nature, and the supernatural. Written in 1797-1798, the poem showcases Coleridge's mastery of lyrical balladry, with its distinctive musical cadence and vivid imagery. The inclusion of original illustrations
... En savoir plus
NIGERIA; RISING FROM THE ASHES

RE-WRITING THE HISTORY OF NIGERIA

par KELECHI NWAOKIKE ...

As co-architects of this crumbling edifice called Nigeria, the Author highlights the complacence, apathy and nonchallance of the citizens as they watched the elite pillage the nations patrimony;He highlights the role of politics in the underdevelopment of this colonial contraption called Nigeria;Diagnosed dysfunctional leadership as Nigeria's existential bane;He prescribed the drug of visionary ... En savoir plus

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As co-architects of this crumbling edifice called Nigeria, the Author highlights the complacence, apathy and nonchallance of the citizens as they watched the elite pillage the nations patrimony;He highlights the role of politics in the underdevelopment of this colonial contraption called Nigeria;Diagnosed dysfunctional leadership as Nigeria's existential bane;He prescribed the drug of visionary
... En savoir plus
Postcolonial Ecologies

Literatures of the Environment

Modifié par Elizabeth DeLoughrey, George B. Handley ...

The first edited collection to bring ecocritical studies into a necessary dialogue with postcolonial literature, this volume offers rich and suggestive ways to explore the relationship between humans and nature around the globe, drawing from texts from Africa and the Caribbean, as well as the Pacific Islands and South Asia. Turning to contemporary works by both well- and little-known postcolonial ... En savoir plus

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The first edited collection to bring ecocritical studies into a necessary dialogue with postcolonial literature, this volume offers rich and suggestive ways to explore the relationship between humans and nature around the globe, drawing from texts from Africa and the Caribbean, as well as the Pacific Islands and South Asia. Turning to contemporary works by both well- and little-known postcolonial
... En savoir plus
Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas

par Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ...

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated BookBrilliant thoughts on modern African literature and postcolonial literary criticism from one of the giants of contemporary letters“One of the greatest writers of our time.” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, bestselling authorNgũgĩ wa Thiong’o was a towering figure in African literature, and his novels A Grain of Wheat; Weep Not, Child;... ... En savoir plus

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A Literary Hub Most Anticipated BookBrilliant thoughts on modern African literature and postcolonial literary criticism from one of the giants of contemporary letters“One of the greatest writers of our time.” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, bestselling authorNgũgĩ wa Thiong’o was a towering figure in African literature, and his novels A Grain of Wheat; Weep Not, Child;...
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The Rise of the African Novel

Politics of Language, Identity, and Ownership

par Mukoma Wa Ngugi ...

Collections series African Perspectives
The Rise of the African Novel is the first book to situate South African and African-language literature of the late 1880s through the early 1940s in relation to the literature of decolonization that spanned the 1950s through the 1980s, and the contemporary generation of established and emerging continental and diaspora African writers of international renown.Calling it a major crisis in African ... En savoir plus

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The Rise of the African Novel is the first book to situate South African and African-language literature of the late 1880s through the early 1940s in relation to the literature of decolonization that spanned the 1950s through the 1980s, and the contemporary generation of established and emerging continental and diaspora African writers of international renown.Calling it a major crisis in African
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Muslims beyond the Arab World

The Odyssey of Ajami and the Muridiyya

par Fallou Ngom ...

Collections series AAR Religion, Culture, and History
Muslims beyond the Arab World explores the vibrant tradition of writing African languages using the modified Arabic script ('Ajami) alongside the rise of the Muridiyya Sufi order in Senegal. The book demonstrates how the development of the 'Ajami literary tradition is entwined with the flourishing of the Muridiyya into one of sub-Saharan Africa's most powerful and dynamic Sufi organizations. It ... En savoir plus

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Muslims beyond the Arab World explores the vibrant tradition of writing African languages using the modified Arabic script ('Ajami) alongside the rise of the Muridiyya Sufi order in Senegal. The book demonstrates how the development of the 'Ajami literary tradition is entwined with the flourishing of the Muridiyya into one of sub-Saharan Africa's most powerful and dynamic Sufi organizations. It
... En savoir plus
The Witness as Educator

Reading W. G. Sebald, Aimé Césaire, and Walt Whitman

par David T. Hansen ...

Illuminates the power in bearing witness as an ethical orientation toward the world and its people.In The Witness as Educator, David T. Hansen examines the idea of bearing witness. He shows how it constitutes an ethical orientation that heeds human yearnings for justice, beauty, and meaning. He engages the work of three exemplary witnesses: W. G. Sebald, Aimé Césaire, and Walt Whitman. Sebald ... En savoir plus

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Illuminates the power in bearing witness as an ethical orientation toward the world and its people.In The Witness as Educator, David T. Hansen examines the idea of bearing witness. He shows how it constitutes an ethical orientation that heeds human yearnings for justice, beauty, and meaning. He engages the work of three exemplary witnesses: W. G. Sebald, Aimé Césaire, and Walt Whitman. Sebald
... En savoir plus
The Literary History of the Igbo Novel

African Literature in African Languages

par Ernest N. Emenyonu ...

Collections series Routledge African Studies
This book looks at the trends in the development of the Igbo novel from its antecedents in oral performance, through the emergence of the first published novel, Omenuko, in 1933 by Pita Nwana, to the contemporary Igbo novel.Defining "Igbo literature" as literature in Igbo language, and "Igbo novel" as a novel written in Igbo language, the author argues that oral and written literature in African ... En savoir plus

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This book looks at the trends in the development of the Igbo novel from its antecedents in oral performance, through the emergence of the first published novel, Omenuko, in 1933 by Pita Nwana, to the contemporary Igbo novel.Defining "Igbo literature" as literature in Igbo language, and "Igbo novel" as a novel written in Igbo language, the author argues that oral and written literature in African
... En savoir plus
Straight from the Gutta

par Robin Chanel ...

Jadon “Don” Jackson was born and raised in South Central, California. Born into a gang-infested neighborhood with a missing father, Jadon yearns for more, at any cost. This story follows Jadon’s life from young boy, to small time drug dealer; when an unexpected turn of events suddenly puts him on top. Jadon is never without his right-hand man KD, but what will happen when... ... En savoir plus

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Jadon “Don” Jackson was born and raised in South Central, California. Born into a gang-infested neighborhood with a missing father, Jadon yearns for more, at any cost. This story follows Jadon’s life from young boy, to small time drug dealer; when an unexpected turn of events suddenly puts him on top. Jadon is never without his right-hand man KD, but what will happen when...
... En savoir plus
The Literature Of Africa

par Henry Bax ...

One of the peculiarities of man across generations, cultures and civilizations seems to be his ability to move and often to settle in familiar or foreign geographical spheres, sometimes hostile, for various reasons. Thus, demographers, ethnographers, sociologists, political scientists, historians, economists, to name but a few, will be interested in the study of this phenomenon through surveys, ... En savoir plus

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One of the peculiarities of man across generations, cultures and civilizations seems to be his ability to move and often to settle in familiar or foreign geographical spheres, sometimes hostile, for various reasons. Thus, demographers, ethnographers, sociologists, political scientists, historians, economists, to name but a few, will be interested in the study of this phenomenon through surveys,
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ALT 39

Speculative & Science Fiction

par Ernest N. Emenyonu, Edgar Fred Nabutanyi, Dr Clara Ijeoma Osuji, Dr Éric Tsimi, Eshitika L. Lutomia, Kadija George (Sessay), Dr A. Onipede Hollist, Reginald Chiedu Ofodile, Diana Abasi Iquo, Umar M. Aisha, Tijani Abdullahi Olaniyi0, Louisa Uchum Egbunike1, Louisa Uchum Egbunike2, Ifeoma Okoye3, Dr Niyi Osundare4, Elizabeth L.A Kamara5, Austine Amanze Akpuda6, Chimalum Nwankwo7, Chimalum Nwankwo8, Gabriel Bámgbóṣé9, Kayode Odumboni0, Ezeiyoke Chukwunonso1, Jeffrey Dodd2, Dr Janelle Rodriques3, Dr James Orao4 ...

Over the past two decades, there has been a resurgence in the writing of African and African diaspora speculative and science fiction writing. Recent discussions around the "rise of science-fiction and fantasy" in Africa have led to a push-back, in which writers and scholars have suggested that science fiction and fantasy is not a new phenomenon in African literature, but that the deep past of the ... En savoir plus

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Over the past two decades, there has been a resurgence in the writing of African and African diaspora speculative and science fiction writing. Recent discussions around the "rise of science-fiction and fantasy" in Africa have led to a push-back, in which writers and scholars have suggested that science fiction and fantasy is not a new phenomenon in African literature, but that the deep past of the
... En savoir plus
Money Na Water

WaterBoy

par Mercy Teitei ...

Kola a smart hungry boy in the heart of Lagos who lost his mother and brother to a failed system. His father a man filled with bitterness despite being a retiree with nothing to show, kola vows never to end up like his father. His job as a danfo bus conductor barely pays, but he is about to learn how the streets of Eko works. ... En savoir plus

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Kola a smart hungry boy in the heart of Lagos who lost his mother and brother to a failed system. His father a man filled with bitterness despite being a retiree with nothing to show, kola vows never to end up like his father. His job as a danfo bus conductor barely pays, but he is about to learn how the streets of Eko works.
... En savoir plus

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