Written by an international team of experts, this is the first work of its kind to offer comprehensive coverage of folklore throughout the African continent. Over 300 entries provide in-depth examinations of individual African countries, ethnic groups, religious practices, artistic genres, and numerous other concepts related to folklore. Featuring original field photographs, a comprehensive index, and thorough cross-references, African Folklore: An Encyclopedia is an indispensable resource for any library's folklore or African studies collection. Also includes seven maps.
Postcolonial African writers have made an enormous contribution to world literature. These writers frequently examine such issues as emerging identities in the postcolonial climate, neo-colonialism and new forms of oppression, cultural and political hegemonies, neo-elitism, language appropriation, and economic instability. During the last decade, their works have elicited increasing critical attention. This reference book overviews the richness of postcolonial African literature. The volume focuses on how postcoloniality is reflected in the novels, poetry, prose, and drama of major, minor, and emerging writers from diverse countries in Africa, including representative North and South African writers as well as writers of the Indian diaspora born in Africa.
Africa is a land of contrasts and of diverse cultures and traditions. It is also a land of conflict and creativity. The literature of the continent draws upon a fascinating body of oral traditions and lore and also reflects the political turmoil of the modern world. With the increased interest in cultural diversity and the growing centrality of Africa in world politics, African literature is figuring more and more prominently in the curriculum. This book helps students learn about the African literary achievement.
Edited by an author of many books on African writers and literature,
this encyclopedia covers all aspects of African literature produced in
all of the major languages. Both sub-Saharan and North African
literatures are represented, although for works in Arabic the focus is
on the modern period.
More
than 600 signed articles by academic specialists treat mostly
individual authors, both well known and less established. Longer essays
deal with historical and cultural issues concerning the study of
African literature, including criticism and theory and its development
as a field of scholarship. Essays on Autobiography, Feminist criticism, and Islam in African literature, as well as regional overviews such as Gikuyu literature and West African literature in English,
make this a useful starting point for exploration of African
literature. Because these more general articles are one of the
strengths of the work, it would have been helpful to list them in the
fore matter, as it is a guessing game to find them. Most articles,
including the biographical entries, have a very small list of
references for further reading. Although reasonably up-to-date, these
lists are often a mixture of a few primary and secondary works, not the
most impressive feature of the volume.
Writers, doctors, artists, educators, politicians, sports figures, inventors and many more can be found in this interesting coloring book. Under each sketch is a paragraph telling about the individual.
Carefully researched, finely rendered collection of ready-to-color illustrations pays tribute to 45 remarkable African Americans — among them Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Marian Anderson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Hale, Althea Gibson, Duke Ellington, Ralph Ellison, Katherine Dunham, and many others. Captions describe accomplishments.
Great African Americans Coloring Book
