Africa Writes Back to Self - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Africa Writes Back to Self write by Evan M. Mwangi. This book was released on 2010-07-02. Africa Writes Back to Self available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The profound effects of colonialism and its legacies on African cultures have led postcolonial scholars of recent African literature to characterize contemporary African novels as, first and foremost, responses to colonial domination by the West. In Africa Writes Back to Self, Evan Maina Mwangi argues instead that the novels are primarily engaged in conversation with each other, particularly over emergent gender issues such as the representation of homosexuality and the disenfranchisement of women by male-dominated governments. He covers the work of canonical novelists Nadine Gordimer, Chinua Achebe, NguÅgiÅ wa Thiong'o, and J. M. Coetzee, as well as popular writers such as Grace Ogot, David Maillu, Promise Okekwe, and Rebeka Njau. Mwangi examines the novels' self-reflexive fictional strategies and their potential to refigure the dynamics of gender and sexuality in Africa and demote the West as the reference point for cultures of the Global South.
How to Write About Africa
How to Write About Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How to Write About Africa write by Binyavanga Wainaina. This book was released on 2023-06-06. How to Write About Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From one of Africa’s most influential and eloquent essayists, a posthumous collection that highlights his biting satire and subversive wisdom on topics from travel to cultural identity to sexuality “A fierce literary talent . . . [Wainaina] shines a light on his continent without cliché.”—The Guardian “Africa is the only continent you can love—take advantage of this. . . . Africa is to be pitied, worshipped, or dominated. Whichever angle you take, be sure to leave the strong impression that without your intervention and your important book, Africa is doomed.” Binyavanga Wainaina was a pioneering voice in African literature, an award-winning memoirist and essayist remembered as one of the greatest chroniclers of contemporary African life. This groundbreaking collection brings together, for the first time, Wainaina’s pioneering writing on the African continent, including many of his most critically acclaimed pieces, such as the viral satirical sensation “How to Write About Africa.” Working fearlessly across a range of topics—from politics to international aid, cultural heritage, and redefined sexuality—he describes the modern world with sensual, emotional, and psychological detail, giving us a full-color view of his home country and continent. These works present the portrait of a giant in African literature who left a tremendous legacy.
On the Margins
On the Margins - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On the Margins write by O. R. Dathorne. This book was released on 2009. On the Margins available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focuses on the role played by minority' writers, particularly in English. Dathorne examines how the minority presence, at times invisible, is related, classified and designated within majority culture. Dathorne also illustrates how the majority onlooker intended to view and perceive the 'other', as early as the 15th and 16th centuries - monstrous races, gruesome objects and marvellous occurences were all located outside the sphere of the majority culture. Dathorne utilises his global knowledge in order to investigate varied responses to culture among Africans.'
African Modes of Self-writing
African Modes of Self-writing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African Modes of Self-writing write by Achille Mbembe. This book was released on 2000. African Modes of Self-writing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Decolonising the Mind
Decolonising the Mind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Decolonising the Mind write by Ngugi wa Thiong'o. This book was released on 1986. Decolonising the Mind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ngugi wrote his first novels and plays in English but was determined, even before his detention without trial in 1978, to move to writing in Gikuyu.
