{"product_id":"a-companion-to-african-literatures-isbn-9781119058175","title":"A Companion to African Literatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRediscover the diversity of modern African literatures with this authoritative resource edited by a leader in the field\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow have African literatures unfolded in their rich diversity in our modern era of decolonization, nationalisms, and extensive transnational movement of peoples? How have African writers engaged urgent questions regarding race, nation, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality? And how do African literary genres interrelate with traditional oral forms or audio-visual and digital media? \u003ci\u003eA Companion to African Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e addresses these issues and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsisting of essays by distinguished scholars and emerging leaders in the field, this book offers rigorous, deeply engaging discussions of African literatures on the continent and in diaspora. It covers the four main geographical regions (East and Central Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa), presenting ample material to learn from and think with.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion To African Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e is divided into five parts. The first four cover different regions of the continent, while the fifth part considers conceptual issues and newer directions of inquiry. Chapters focus on literatures in European languages officially used in Africa -- English, French, and Portuguese -- as well as homegrown African languages: Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Swahili, and Yoruba. With its lineup of lucid and authoritative analyses, readers will find in \u003ci\u003eA Companion to African Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e a distinctive, rewarding academic resource.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for undergraduate and graduate students in literary studies programs with an African focus, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to African Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e will also earn a place in the libraries of teachers, researchers, and professors who wish to strengthen their background in the study of African literatures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I East and Central Africa 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 East and Central Africa: An Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrace A. Musila\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Rereading East African Literature Through a Human Rights Lens: The Example of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s \u003ci\u003eWeep Not, Child \u003c\/i\u003e19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatwiwa Mule\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Of Authenticity and Engagement in Francophone African Cultural Production 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Valente-Quinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Literature and Hybridity in Mauritius and Réunion 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnjali Prabhu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Representation of Nation and National Identity in Modern Amharic Literature 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTewodros Gebre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Swahili Literature (\u003ci\u003eFasihi ya Kiswahili\u003c\/i\u003e) 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvan Maina Mwangi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II North Africa 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 North Africa: An Introduction 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMohamed-Salah Omri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Nation and Identity in Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAhmed Idrissi Alami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Hyphens \u0026amp; Hymens: francoarab Literature of the Maghreb 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eyasser elhariry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Translation and North African Letters 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTahia Abdel Nasser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Cross-Pollination and Interweavings between the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa Through Art, Cinema, and Music 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHélène Tissières\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 France and North Africa: A Cinematic Retrospective of Centuries of Entangled Relations 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFazia Aïtel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Southern Africa 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Southern Africa: An Introduction 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStefan Helgesson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Anglophone Literature of South Africa 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Blair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Machinery of Life-Writing Under Zimbabwe’s Third Chimurenga 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosiah Nyanda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Afrikaans Cultural Expressions of the Powerless and Subjugated 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHein Willemse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Lusophone Southern African Literature (Angola, Mozambique) 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuís Madureira\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 A Socio-Critical Survey of Black South African English Poetry, 1900–2000 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThengani H. Ngwenya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV West Africa 303\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 West Africa: An Introduction 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOlakunle George\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 West African Literature in English 319\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeil ten Kortenaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Migration, Literary Imagination, and Mirages in the Francophone Text: Paths to Anthropological Mutilation 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCilas Kemedjio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Reading Yorùbá Literature 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Redoublings and Reconstellations 365\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Post-Hybrid Conjunctive Consciousness in the Literature of the New African Diaspora 367\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLokangaka Losambe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Outing Africa: On Sexualities, Gender, and Transgender in African Literatures 381\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChantal Zabus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 African Literature and the European Canon: From Past to Present and Back Again 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeanne-Marie Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 War, Human Rights, and Historical Representation: Torture as Synecdoche 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEleni Coundouriotis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 African Literature’s Other Media: Art Film, Nollywood 425\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoah Tsika\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Navigating Digital Worlds: African Literary Forms in the Digital Age 439\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie Bosch Santana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 455\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlakunle George\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Africana Studies at Brown University. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Modern Language Association's Forum on 20th and 21st Century Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies (2012-2017), and the Executive Committee of the Division on African Literatures (1999-2004). He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfrican Literature and Social Change: Tribe, Nation, Race\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRelocating Agency: Modernity and African Letters\u003c\/i\u003e.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA COMPANION TO AFRICAN LITERATURES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow have African literatures unfolded in their rich diversity in our modern era of decolonization, nationalisms, and extensive transnational movement of peoples? How have African writers engaged urgent questions regarding race, nation, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality? And how do African literary genres interrelate with traditional oral forms or audio-visual and digital media? \u003ci\u003eA Companion to African Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e addresses these issues and many more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsisting of essays by distinguished scholars and emerging leaders in the field, this book offers rigorous, deeply engaging discussions of African literatures on the continent and in diaspora. It covers the four main geographical regions (East and Central Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa), presenting ample material to learn from and think with. Chapters focus on literatures in European languages officially used in Africa —English, French, and Portuguese— as well as homegrown African languages: Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Swahili, and Yoruba. With its lineup of lucid and authoritative analyses, readers will find in \u003ci\u003eA Companion to African Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e a distinctive, rewarding academic resource.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988599914725,"sku":"NP9781119058175","price":205.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119058175.jpg?v=1761780919","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-african-literatures-isbn-9781119058175","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}