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1 online resource (178 pages). |
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| Series |
African literature today ; 41 |
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African literature today ; 41.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction. African literature in African languages: orality and the burden of modernity -- Articles -- Pictures of materialism in the Benin ecological worldview : eco-critical poems of Osemwengie Ero -- The Swahili Mtapta : exploring translation in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Paradise -- Ikponmwosa Osemwegie's r epic and translation : the past and prospects of Edo literature -- The panegyric of the champion : how Wolof wrestlers borrowed from female oral genres to win in and outside the arena -- 'A people's firewood cooks for them' : the contextual prosody of Igbo mask poetry and Mbem poetics -- Reclaiming the muted voices of Xhosa literature : a personal testament -- Literary supplement -- Four poems -- Three poems -- Four poems -- Pulse on Martin Niemöller -- Two poems -- Poem -- Ties that gag -- Featured articles -- Costume as mystico-metaphoric communication in Toni Duruaku's A Matter of Identity -- Decolonizing trauma studies : the recognition-solidarity nexus in Uwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them -- Tribute -- Remembering Gerald Moore (22 August 1924 -- 27 December 2022) -- Reviews -- Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, Do Not Burn My Bones and other stories -- Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, Broken Bodies, Damaged Souls and other poems -- Al-Bishak, black papyrus : global origins of writing and written literature traced to Black Africa -- Olu Obafemi, Ajon! (the legend who made a king/dom). |
| Note |
Print version of record. |
| Access |
Open Access EbpS |
| Summary |
Explores African literature in African languages today. |
| Subject |
African literature -- History and criticism.
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Littérature africaine -- Histoire et critique.
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African literature
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| Indexed Term |
literary traditions African studies James Currey African Literature Today African languages indigenous languages languages of colonizers Swahili African culture Conference of African Writers ALT African literature |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Emenyonu, Ernest, 1939- series editor.
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Akoma, Chiji, editor.
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Otiono, Nduka, 1964- editor.
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| Added Title |
ALT 41 : African literature in African languages |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Emenyonu, Ernest N. Alt 41. Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Limited, 2023 9781847013460 |
| ISBN |
9781805431084 (electronic bk.) |
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1805431080 (electronic bk.) |
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9781847013460 (hardcover) |
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9781805431077 (electronic bk.) |
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1805431072 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000075245701 |
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AU@ 000076235816 |
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