African Novels In The Classroom
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Author | : Margaret Jean Hay |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9781555878788 |
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Many teachers of African studies have found novels to be effective assignments in courses. In this guide, teachers describe their favourite African novels - drawn from all over the continent - and share their experiences of using them in the classroom.
Author | : Gaurav Desai |
Publisher | : Modern Language Association of America |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781603290371 |
Download Teaching the African Novel Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What is the African novel, and how should it be taught? The twenty-three essays of this volume address these two questions and in the process convey a wealth of information and ideas about the diverse regions, peoples, nations, languages, and writers of the African continent. Topics include Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's favoring of indigenous languages and literary traditions over European; the special place of Marxism in African letters;the influence of Frantz Fanon; women writers and the sub-Saharan novel;the Maghrebian novel;the novel and the griot epic in the Sahel;Islam in the West African novel;novels in Spanish from Equatorial Guinea;apartheid and postapartheid fiction;African writers in the diaspora;globalization in East African fiction; teaching Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart to students in different countries;the Onitsha market romance. The volume editor, Gaurav Desai, writes, "The point of the volume is to encourage a reading of Africa that is sensitive to its history of colonization but at the same time responsive to its present multiracial and multicultural condition."
Author | : Chinua Achebe |
Publisher | : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2011-08-09 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307473864 |
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After an 11-year-old Nigerian boy leaves his small village to live with his uncle in the city, he is exposed to a range of new experiences and becomes fascinated with crossing the Niger River on a ferry boat.
Author | : Bernth Lindfors |
Publisher | : Africa Research and Publications |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : |
Download Long Drums and Canons Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Teaching and researching African literatures are relatively new academic enterprises, having come into their own only in the past thirty years or so.
Author | : Gaurav Desai |
Publisher | : Modern Language Association of America |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781603290388 |
Download Teaching the African Novel Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What is the African novel, and how should it be taught? The twenty-three essays of this volume address these two questions and in the process convey a wealth of information and ideas about the diverse regions, peoples, nations, languages, and writers of the African continent. Topics include Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's favoring of indigenous languages and literary traditions over European; the special place of Marxism in African letters;the influence of Frantz Fanon; women writers and the sub-Saharan novel;the Maghrebian novel;the novel and the griot epic in the Sahel;Islam in the West African novel;novels in Spanish from Equatorial Guinea;apartheid and postapartheid fiction;African writers in the diaspora;globalization in East African fiction; teaching Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart to students in different countries;the Onitsha market romance. The volume editor, Gaurav Desai, writes, "The point of the volume is to encourage a reading of Africa that is sensitive to its history of colonization but at the same time responsive to its present multiracial and multicultural condition."
Author | : Ayi Kwei Armah |
Publisher | : Heinemann |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780435905408 |
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A beginners' guide to the fundamentals of the Dru meditation technique, a method for soothing the mind and relaxing the emotions. The programme includes six short guided meditations designed to instill a sense of profound stillness, quieten and calm a stressed mind and reconnect with the important aspects of life. Each nine-minute meditations is based on one of the elements: Earth, Water, Light, Air and Sky.
Author | : Eliot Schrefer |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2012-10-01 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0545470013 |
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From National Book Award Finalist Eliot Schrefer comes the compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bonobos -- and herself -- from a violent coup. Congo is a dangerous place, even for people who are trying to do good.When Sophie has to visit her mother at her sanctuary for bonobos, she's not thrilled to be there. Then Otto, an infant bonobo, comes into her life, and for the first time she feels responsible for another creature.But peace does not last long for Sophie and Otto. When an armed revolution breaks out in the country, the sanctuary is attacked, and the two of them must escape unprepared into the jungle. Caught in the crosshairs of a lethal conflict, they must struggle to keep safe, to eat, and to live. In ENDANGERED, Eliot Schrefer plunges us into a heart-stopping exploration of the things we do to survive, the sacrifices we make to help others, and the tangled geography that ties us all, human and animal, together.
Author | : Penda Diakité |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9780439662260 |
Download I Lost My Tooth in Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Penda Diakité joins forces with her award-winning author/artist father to give a charming peek at everyday life in Africa. "This fact-based story of losing a tooth while visiting family in Mali rings with authenticity and good humour...[T]he illustrations exude happiness and togetherness." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Author | : James Rumford |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2010-10-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547505000 |
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Shows how important learning is in a country where only a few children are able to go to school.
Author | : Patriciamay Florence McBlane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : African fiction (English) |
ISBN | : |
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