Download or read book The Concubine written by Elechi Amadi and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amadi’s masterpiece of African literature captures village life and practices not yet touched by the white man. The novel’s beautiful, hardworking protagonist, Ihouma, is admired by all in her village. Yet those who express their love for her meet with mysterious tragedy, leaving her devastated. This enticing odyssey, where exemplary attributes go unrewarded and the boundaries between myth and reality are muted, outwits readers with unexpected twists that make them want to keep turning the page.

Download or read book The Great Ponds written by Elechi Amadi and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Slave written by Elechi Amadi and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1978 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel concerns human destiny and the extent to which it can be changed; the relationship between people and their gods is the central issue explored.

Download or read book Ethics in Nigerian Culture written by Elechi Amadi and published by Ibadan : Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria). This book was released on 1982 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sunset in Biafra written by Elechi Amadi and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Estrangement written by Elechi Amadi and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a portrait of the aftermath of the war in Biafra. The author evokes the destructive legacy of war through the lives of Alekiri, Ibekwe, Major Dansuku and Christie, for whom the end of fighting doesn't bring peace.

Download or read book Long Drums Cannons written by Margaret Laurence and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up-to-date biographies with a list of works for each of the writers, detailed annotations to the original text and a glossary complete this edition."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Dancer of Johannesburg written by Elechi Amadi and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Elechi Amadi written by Ebele Eko and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Elechi Amadi written by Seiyifa Koroye and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Slave written by Elechi Amadi and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1978 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel concerns human destiny and the extent to which it can be changed; the relationship between people and their gods is the central issue explored.

Download or read book Sunset in Biafra written by Elechi Amadi and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1973 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The West African Village Novel with Particular Reference to Elechi Amadi s The Concubine written by George Nyamndi and published by Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1982 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Nyamndi provides in this work an historical and analytical study of the West African village novel. Starting with history he locates in the contact of Western and African cultures the circumstances that gave birth to the genre. He traces the development of the West African village novel through the different phases of adjustment to its present directions, underlining both its parti- cularities in theme and treatment and its similarities to other literatures of the world born of the clash of values. Particular attention is given to Elechi Amadi, a major though little-known West African village novelist. George Nyamndi focuses on Amadi's The Concubine to demonstrate the author's artistic achievements as well as the relevance of his themes to African culture and society.

Download or read book Houseboy written by Ferdinand Oyono and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toundi Ondoua, the rural African protagonist of Houseboy, encounters a world of prisms that cast beautiful but unobtainable glimmers, especially for a black youth in colonial Cameroon. Houseboy, written in the form of Toundis captivating diary and translated from the original French, discloses his awe of the white world and a web of unpredictable experiences. Early on, he escapes his fathers angry blows by seeking asylum with his benefactor, the local European priest who meets an untimely death. Toundi then becomes the Chief Europeans boythe dog of the King. Toundis attempt to fulfill a dream of advancement and improvement opens his eyes to troubling realities. Gradually, preconceptions of the Europeans come crashing down on him as he struggles with his identity, his place in society, and the changing culture.

Download or read book Achebe and Friends at Umuahia written by Terri Ochiagha and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2015 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE ASAUK FAGE & OLIVER PRIZE 2016 The author meticulously contextualises the experiences of Achebe and his peers as students at Government College Umuahia and argues for a re-assessment of this influential group of Nigerian writers in relation to the literary culture fostered by the school and its tutors. This is the first in-depth scholarly study of the literary awakening of the young intellectuals who became known as Nigeria's "first-generation" writers in the post-colonial period. Terri Ochiagha's research focuses on Chinua Achebe, Elechi Amadi, Chike Momah, Christopher Okigbo and Chukwuemeka Ike, and also discusses the experiences of Gabriel Okara, Ken Saro-Wiwa and I.C. Aniebo, in the context of their education in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s at Government College, Umuahia. The author provides fresh perspectives on Postcolonial and World literary processes, colonial education in British Africa, literary representations of colonialism and Chinua Achebe's seminal position in African literature. She demonstrates how each of the writers used this very particular education to shape their own visions of the world in which they operated and examines the implications that this had for African literature as a whole. Supplementary material is available online of some of the original sources. See: http: //boybrew.co/9781847011091_2 Terri Ochiagha holds one of the prestigious British Academy Newton International Fellowships (2014-16) hosted by the School of English, University of Sussex. She was previously a Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, University of Oxford.

Download or read book The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945 written by Oyekan Owomoyela and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed by a premier scholar of African literature, this volume is a comprehensive guide to the literary traditions of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria, five distinct countries bound by their experience with colonialism. Oyekan Owomoyela begins with an overview of the authors, texts, and historical events that have shaped the development of postwar Anglophone literatures in this region, exploring shifts in theme and the role of foreign sponsorship and illuminating recent debates regarding the language, identity, gender, and social commitments of various authors and their works. His introduction concludes with a bibliography of key critical texts. The second half of the volume is an alphabetical tour of writers, publications, concepts, genres, movements, and institutions, with suggested readings for further research. Entries focus primarily on fiction but also touch on drama and poetry. Featured authors include Chris Abani, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Cyprian Ekwensi, Uzodinma Chukuka Iweala, Helen Oyeyemi, and Wole Soyinka. Topics range from the European origins of African literature and the West African diaspora to the development of an "African personality," the establishment of a regional publishing industry, and the global literary marketplace. Owomoyela also discusses such influences as the postwar emergence of Onitsha Market Literature, the Mbari Club, and the importance of the Noma Award. Owomoyela's portrait points to the major impact of West African literature on the evolution of both African and world literatures in English. Sure to become the definitive text for research in the field, The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945 is a vital resource for newcomers as well as for advanced scholars seeking a deeper understanding of the region's rich literary heritage.