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VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA IN SELECTED AFRICAN LITERATURE
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Violence and Trauma in African Literature focuses on representations of violence in African literature. The study starts with violence that emerged in the context of post-independence Africa plagued by the rule of tyranny after many African states failed to create viable institutions to spearhead national integration and sustainable socio-economic development. In this section, the author explores various aesthetic features—neo-baroque style, intertextuality, and narrative techniques—used by Sony Labou Tansi in La vie et Demie, Henri Lopes in The Laughing Cry, and Ahmadou Kourouma in Waiting for the Wild beasts to Vote to expose and deride despotic violence in the African postcolony. The study then turns to the ways in which protagonists resist two other forms of violence: racist violence in Alex Laguma’s works. A Walk in the Night, In the Fog of the season’s End, and Time of the Butcherbird and gendered violence
CLASSICAL THEORIES IN AFRICAN RELIGION
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Currently, there is no book on the theories and methods in African religious systems. This book fills that lacuna. The development of theories is discussed extensively and it includes some biographical information about the theorists themselves, concentrating on their intellectual history and influences, their particular contribution to the development of theories, and their reactions to the theories of other scholars in the discipline. The discussion on each scholar’s work is detailed and the main work is examined and compared to other scholars’ works. This comparative approach to theories is maintained throughout the book to meet the two objectives: (1) To give readers a general overview of the history of the discipline and, (2) to present a full study of the development of the various theories used in the academic study of religion. Theories are not simply referred to, but their evolution, development, and application to African religion are explained. Both theory and me
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Carving Wood, Making History: The Fakeye Family, Modernity and Yorùbá Woodcarving is the most comprehensive work on the Yorùbá woodcarving tradition best represented by the works of the Fakeye family of Ìlá-Òràngún, northeast Yorùbáland. The research combines an enormous amount of ethnographic data with images to trace the major phases in the history of woodcarving since the nineteenth century. The study highlights the history and contributions of the most successful family of carvers, considers the issues of tradition, modernity, and continuity as well as the import and impact of colonial and postcolonial experiences in the repertoire of Yorùbá carvers. The book presents rich biographical data on individual Yorùbá artists, and utilizes this to foreground areas of confluences and disjuncture between the oeuvres of the artists of the past and those of the new era. The ana
BLACK FIRE: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing,
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While many texts are readily available chronicling the Black Power Movement, the same cannot be said for its "aesthetic and spiritual sister," the Black Arts Movement. Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing is a rare exception that documents and captures the social and cultural turmoil of the period.
Amiri Baraka and Larry Neal, co-editors and contributors to this volume, saw Black Fire as a manifesto to bring about change in Black thought and action, generated from a Black aesthetic. Often considered the seminal work from the Black Arts Movement, Black Fire is a rich anthology and an extraordinary source document, presenting 178 selections of poetry, essays, short stories and plays from cultural critics, literary artists and political leaders. Many of the contributors became prominent, nationally and internationally. Others receded into the cultural landscape, even before Black Fire's first publication in 1968. Included in this groundbrea
Courtney's Birthday Party
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Seven, Seven, SevenWill be just like heaven...
Courtney is very excited. Her seventh birthday is only a few days away and her mother has planned a special party. All of Courtney's classmates will be invited.Courtney and Diana are best friends. They ride the same school bus; they sit in the same row in class; they love the same snacks. And on Saturday they will be the same age - seven. It has never mattered to them that one is white and one is black. But when Courtney's mom sends the invitations to class, Diana is not included. Both Courtney and Diana are devastated.
BREAKING STONE SILENCE: Giving Voice to Aids Prevention in Africa,
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Breaking Stone Silence is about the astounding struggle over life and land in Africa and the resounding relationship between principles of prevention, community organization, social justice and community health.
Written to be accessible to both students and lay readers concerned about AIDS in Africa from a world citizens perspective, readers will feel challenged to place the global AIDS crisis in the context of the learning needs, hopes, privileges and responsibilities of those living in the western world. This is also a book for health practitioners and scholars grappling with the complexity of an unprecedented epidemic and feeling the urgency for insight into effective prevention interventions.
In as much as this book reveals truths about the despair of African life, the main message is about the spiritual resiliency and cultural notability of the Shona and Ndebele people. "Stone Silence" explores the dynamic tension in the black and white Zimbabwe community between those wit
Explore Black History with Wee Pals,
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Flowers for Mommy
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Flowers for Mommy is the delightful story of a little girl named Aliya (A-lee-yah) who decides to pick flowers in her backyard as a surprise for her Mommy. Aliya's search for flowers helps her discover all of the wonderful animals that exist right in her backyard.
In Praise of Our Fathers and Our Mothers: A Black Family Treasury by Outstanding Authors and Artists
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Forty nine distinguished writers, artists and photographers contributed to this important anthology. A wonderful tribute to the enduring spirit of the black family and community, this is a book the entire family can enjoy reading together. Contributors include Newbery, Caldecott, Pulitzer, Coretta Scott King and other award-winning writers and visual artists --Gwendolyn Brooks, Ashley Bryan, Virginia Hamilton, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, Leo and Diane Dillon, Floyd Cooper, Nikki Grimes, Tom Feelings, Haki Madhubuti, Javaka Steptoe, Walter Dean Myers and a host of others.
KOFI AND THE BUTTERFLIES
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After Kofi stops a bigger boy from capturing a rare butterfly for his collection, he is taken on a special visit to the kingdom of the butterflies
MOMMY SAYS!
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"Mommy Says! is a day-in-the-life of two siblings who are finding it hard being themselves. However, through the recollection of their mother's words, they discover that most challenges are solvable.
In these pages, richly illustrated and dynamically written, with the infusion of Ashanti Adinkra symbols, their lives are changed forever.
Come and experience their truths and their triumphs and witness how they overcome their obstacles when they listen to what Mommy Says."
My Little African King
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Journey through the grasslands of Africa amid lions and elephants, stroll through the bustling markets of Timbuctu, and enter the great Mali empire and the reign of Mansa Musa as a mother lovingly tells her young son of his magnificent and royal ancestry.
This beautifully illustrated picture book brings alive the majesty of Africa with vivid color and rich detail. Bold imagery and affirming text combine to create this heartwarming testimony of a mother's love.
...no matter how old or how tall you may grow or how far from home you may roam, in your precious eyes i'll always see My Little African King.
Nathaniel Talking
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Nathaniel B. Free is a spunky, spirited nine-year-old poet who raps and rhymes about his world, from what it's like to be nine, to his education, to his family life.Great for home and classroom reading. Will fit into National Curriculum Primary Science - mixing substances, cooking and refrigeration.
"Nathaniel's business is figuring out the world and his place in it. He is the child we see everywhere, except that we rarely see him in literature. The Black child thinking. Along with his playfulness, curiosity and enthusiasm, he possesses a fine intellect like that of so many of the children I meet on my visits to schools and libraries. Nathaniels and their sisters, studying the many faces life presents, synthesizing information and questioning contradictions."
Jan spivey Gilchrist's enthralling black and white pencil illustrations capture all the dynamism of young Nathaniel's keen intellect. The illustration is reproduced in two color duotone process .
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PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS FOR OUR LITTLE ANGELS
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Dear God:
At the beginning of the day whenthe birds begin to sing, let Yourgrace shower my awakeningdream; and as I begin my day,stay with me from the start to finish.May Your love never leave me.
Thank You.
HEBREWISMS OF WEST AFRICA
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In this massive work, Joseph J. Williams documents the Hebraic practices, customs, and beliefs, which he found among the people of Jamaica and the Ashanti of West Africa. He initially examines the close relationship between the Jamaican and the Ashanti cultures and the folk beliefs. He then studies the language and culture of the Ashanti (of whom many Jamaicans have descended) by comparing them to well known and established Hebraic traditions. William’s findings suggest stunning similarities. And, he challenges the reader by concluding that Hebraic traditions must have swept across “negro Africa” and left its influence “among the various tribes.”
While Williams presents a strong case, his evidence, including hundreds of quoted sources, also builds a strong case for the reverse—that an indigenous, continent-wide belief system among African people stands at the very root of Hebrew culture and Western religion. First published in 1931 and long out-of-p