Decolonising The Mind: The Politics Of Language In African Literature

Interrogates and explores African literature in African languages today and th... Interrogates and explores African literature in African languages today and the continuing interfaces between works in indigenous languages and those written in European languages or languages of colonizers. Sixty years after the Conference of African... more

Cameroon Literature in English : Critical Essays on Fiction and Drama Cameroon Literature in English : Critical Essays on Fiction and Drama more

To speak a language means more than to use a certain morphology and syntax it ... To speak a language means more than to use a certain morphology and syntax it means to support the whole weight of a culture and civilization (Fanon) Under slavery African languages were violently suppressed. Despite this Africans in the Caribbean... more

This is an original volume of critical and theoretical essays that seek to int... This is an original volume of critical and theoretical essays that seek to interpret the current philosophical aesthetic and literary thinking about African American literature and language. Some of the most significant writers and thinkers in the... more

Engaging questions of language identity and reception to restore South African... Engaging questions of language identity and reception to restore South African and diaspora writing to the African literary tradition more

Largely forgotten during the second half of the nineteenth century and through... Largely forgotten during the second half of the nineteenth century and throughout most of the twentieth century Constance de Salm (Constance-Marie de Théis Mme Pipelet de Leury later Princess de Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck ) finally attracted the... more

Using the term exodus politics to theorize the valorization of black male lead... Using the term exodus politics to theorize the valorization of black male leadership in the movement for civil rights Robert J. Patterson explores the ways in which the political strategies and ideologies of this movement paradoxically undermined the... more

The eighteenth century was a time of great cultural change in Britain. It was ... The eighteenth century was a time of great cultural change in Britain. It was a period marked by expeditions to the New World Africa and the Orient and these voyages were reflected in the travel literature of the era. It was also a period in which... more

Using the term exodus politics to theorize the valorization of black male lead... Using the term exodus politics to theorize the valorization of black male leadership in the movement for civil rights Robert J. Patterson explores the ways in which the political strategies and ideologies of this movement paradoxically undermined the... more

This Element explores the mechanisms through which African literature as a mar... This Element explores the mechanisms through which African literature as a market category has been consecrated within the global literary field. Drawing on archival textual and field-based research it proposes that the normative story of African... more

This book attempts to apply the tenets of applied linguistics to the reading a... This book attempts to apply the tenets of applied linguistics to the reading and explication of Gender Politics in the African Novel. Applied linguistics focuses on the numerous and complex areas in society in which language plays a role. As an... more

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: v.42 Leather Binding on Spine ... Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: v.42 Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1900 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint.... more

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: v.41 Leather Binding on Spine ... Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: v.41 Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1900 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint.... more

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: v.5 Leather Binding on Spine a... Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: v.5 Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1900 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint.... more