European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan AfricaAlbert S. Gérard John Benjamins Publishing, 1 janv. 1986 - 1288 pages The first major comparative study of African writing in western languages, European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Albert S. Gérard, falls into four wide-ranging sections: an overview of early contacts and colonial developments Under Western Eyes ; chapters on Black Consciousness manifest in the debates over Panafricanism and Negritude; a group of essays on mental decolonization expressed in Black Power texts at the time of independence struggles; and finally Comparative Vistas, sketching directions that future comparative study might explore. An introductory essay stresses the millennia of writing in Africa, side by side with a richly eloquent and artistic set of vernacular oral traditions; written and oral traditions have become interwoven in adaptations of imported forms and linguistic innovations that challenge traditional high literary norms. Gérard uses the mathematical concept of fuzzy sets to explain why the focus on Black Africa has led him to set aside for future analysis the literatures produced in North Africa, which fall under the influence of Muslim civilization, as well as the diasporic literatures of the New World. Over sixty scholars from twenty-two countries contribute specialized studies of creative writing by leading authors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries such as Achebe, Mphahlele, Ngugi, Senghor, Soyinka, and Tutuola. Critical analyses are organized primarily around regions, reflecting different colonial languages imposed through schools and other social institutions. Some authors trace the adaptation of western genres, others identify syncretism with folktales or myths. The volumes are attentive to the heterogeneity of national literatures addressed to polyethnic and multilingual populations, and they note the instrumental politics of language in newly independent states. A closing chapter, Tasks Ahead, identifies areas for future scholars to explore. |
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... racial attraction and a colonialist mentality based upon their firm conviction of cultural superiority. The Liberian ... race who themselves have been suffering the sad inflictions of servitude in foreign lands. The children of Africa ...
... racial attraction and a colonialist mentality based upon their firm conviction of cultural superiority. The Liberian ... race who themselves have been suffering the sad inflictions of servitude in foreign lands. The children of Africa ...
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... race, economic development, nation building and Africa's relationship with the West. Many received their schooling at the Church Missionary Society's institution at Fourah Bay which developedv eventually into a centre of educational and ...
... race, economic development, nation building and Africa's relationship with the West. Many received their schooling at the Church Missionary Society's institution at Fourah Bay which developedv eventually into a centre of educational and ...
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... Race,” and contains his most telling arguments in refutation of the then current assertions of African racial inferiority. For Horton, the development of independent states in West Africa came logically from his conviction that the races ...
... Race,” and contains his most telling arguments in refutation of the then current assertions of African racial inferiority. For Horton, the development of independent states in West Africa came logically from his conviction that the races ...
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... racial integrity that dominated the West African scene throughout his long life.13 What distinguishes Blyden from ... Race (London: Wittingham, 1888); and African Life and Customs (London: Phillips, 1908). See also Spokesman. Selected ...
... racial integrity that dominated the West African scene throughout his long life.13 What distinguishes Blyden from ... Race (London: Wittingham, 1888); and African Life and Customs (London: Phillips, 1908). See also Spokesman. Selected ...
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... race in its uniqueness has something special to contribute to human perfectibility; indeed, for Blyden, an ordained minister, each race was no less than an integral part of God's transcendent nature. Each contributed its unique share to ...
... race in its uniqueness has something special to contribute to human perfectibility; indeed, for Blyden, an ordained minister, each race was no less than an integral part of God's transcendent nature. Each contributed its unique share to ...
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