Download or read book How to Write About Africa written by Binyavanga Wainaina and published by One World. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book KhoiKhoi Useful Phrases Words written by Fredericka Vogelsang and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that many of South Africa’s most popular words and place names are from the Khoikhoi language? Words like abba, mamma, and eina, and place names like Knysna and Tsitsikamma. This reader was created for those with no exposure to this Southern African language and will teach you useful phrases and basic vocabulary.

Download or read book Africanderisms written by Charles Pettman and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book African Words African Voices written by Luise White and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Words, African Voices considers African history as an art incorporating the experience and testimony of ordinary Africans. It is a provoative volume that evokes the richness and relevance of oral sources for understanding a complex past.

Download or read book Words to the Wise written by and published by David Philip Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proverbs from various African countries, arranged according to theme.

Download or read book Beyond Words written by Andrew Apter and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even within anthropology, a discipline that strives to overcome misrepresentations of peoples and cultures, colonialist depictions of the so-called Dark Continent run deep. The grand narratives, tribal tropes, distorted images, and “natural” histories that forged the foundations of discourse about Africa remain firmly entrenched. In Beyond Words, Andrew Apter explores how anthropology can come to terms with the “colonial library” and begin to develop an ethnographic practice that transcends the politics of Africa’s imperial past. The way out of the colonial library, Apter argues, is by listening to critical discourses in Africa that reframe the social and political contexts in which they are embedded. Apter develops a model of critical agency, focusing on a variety of language genres in Africa situated in rituals that transform sociopolitical relations by self-consciously deploying the power of language itself. To break the cycle of Western illusions in discursive constructions of Africa, he shows, we must listen to African voices in ways that are culturally and locally informed. In doing so, Apter brings forth what promises to be a powerful and influential theory in contemporary anthropology.

Download or read book A is for Africa written by Ifeoma Onyefulu and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sacred Words of Africa written by Dr Dawn Airhart Witte and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sacred Words of Africa: Journey into Wisdom, Unity, and Universal Truths" Embark on a profound exploration of Africa's cultural richness with "Sacred Words of Africa." This transformative book takes you on a captivating journey into the heart of wisdom, unity, and universal truths across the continent, unveiling the power of 20 carefully selected words from diverse African countries and cultures. Key Features: Cultural Odyssey: Immerse yourself in the essence of Africa's wisdom through 20 powerful words that encapsulate the depth of meaning within a single term. From the rhythmic Dumela to the nurturing concept of Ujamaa, each word is a gateway to understanding the cultural tapestry of the continent. Universal Wisdom: Beyond geographical boundaries, these sacred words reveal universal truths that resonate with the human experience. Explore the interconnectedness of humanity, the pursuit of collective prosperity, and timeless principles that transcend cultural differences. Reflection and Growth: Engage in a reflective journey as each word unfolds layers of significance. Whether you seek personal growth, cultural understanding, or linguistic fascination, this book invites you to contemplate the profound meanings encapsulated in each word. "Dumela," "Ujamaa," "Baraka"-let these sacred words be your guide on a journey into the heart of Africa. Unlock the profound meanings within each word and celebrate the universal truths that bind us all. Add "Sacred Words of Africa" to your cart and embark on a captivating odyssey of cultural discovery and personal enlightenment.

Download or read book Africanderisms a Glossary of South African Colloquial Words and Phrases and of Place and Other Names written by Charles Pettman and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-25 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Download or read book The Oral and Beyond written by Ruth H. Finnegan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth Finnegan examines the verbal arts in Africa and looks at whether the image of Africa as the 'oral' continent stands up to a more comparative and critical approach to 'orality' and performance.

Download or read book The Oral Tradition of Africa Words as Intellectual Cultural and Spiritual Nourishment written by Akinjide Bonotchi Montgomery and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-06-17 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Dictionary of African Politics written by Nicholas Cheeseman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 400 A-Z entries, this new dictionary provides clear and authoritative definitions of terms within the fast-growing field of African Politics. It includes coverage on elections, parties and judiciaries, but also popular protest, gender-relations, the politics of development, and Africa's international relations. Entries comprise of major events and figures within African Politics, including the East African Community and independance, as well as covering key terms of particular relevance to Africa such as neopatrimonialism, queue voting, and post-conflict power sharing. Written by a world-leading political scientist working on the area of African politics, this dictionary is an essential guide for both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics, journalists, and researchers working on African politics alike.

Download or read book A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Anxious Joburg written by Nicky Falkof and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary account of the life of Johannesburg, South Africa's "global south city" Anxious Joburg focuses on Johannesburg, the largest and wealthiest city in South Africa, as a case study for the contemporary global South city. Global South cities are often characterised as sites of contradiction and difference that produce a range of feelings around anxiety. This is often imagined in terms of the global North’s anxieties about the South: migration, crime, terrorism, disease and environmental crisis. Anxious Joburg invites readers to consider an intimate perspective of living inside such a city. How does it feel to live in the metropolis of Johannesburg: what are the conditions, intersections, affects and experiences that mark the contemporary urban? Scholars, visual artists and storytellers, all look at unexamined aspects of Johannesburg life. From peripheral settlements to the inner city to the affluent northern suburbs, from precarious migrants and domestic workers to upwardly mobile young women and fearful elites, Anxious Joburg presents an absorbing engagement with this frustrating, dangerous, seductive city. It offers a rigorous, critical approach to Johannesburg revealing the way in which anxiety is a vital structuring principle of contemporary life. The approach is strongly interdisciplinary, with contributions from media studies, anthropology, religious studies, urban geography, migration studies and psychology. It will appeal to students and teachers, as well as to academic researchers concerned with Johannesburg, South Africa, cities and the global South. The mix of approaches will also draw a non-academic audience.

Download or read book The Origin and Use of the Word Africa written by Manu Ampim and published by . This book was released on 1995-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Rain of Words written by Irène Assiba d'. Almeida and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the past two decades have seen a wide recognition of the notable fiction written in French by African women, little attention has been given to their equally significant poetry. A Rain of Words is the first comprehensive attempt to survey the poetic production of these women, collecting work by forty-seven poets from a dozen francophone African countries. Some are established writers; others are only beginning to publish their work. Almost none of the poems here have been published outside of Africa or Europe or been previously translated into English. The poems are accompanied by brief biographies of the poets. Supplementing these are a critical introductory essay by Irène Assiba d'Almeida that places women's poetry in the context of recent African history, characterizes its thematic and aesthetic features, and traces the process by which the anthology was compiled and edited, an essay by Janis A. Mayes discussing language politics, the cultural contexts within which the poetry emerges, and literary translation strategies, and an extensive bibliography. This landmark bilingual collection--the result of ten years of research, collection, editing, and translation--offers readers of English and French entry into a flourishing and essential genre of contemporary African literature.