Social, cultural & ethno-linguistic diversity of African Societies
Society, State and Identity in African History by Location: GN645 .S635 2008ISBN: 9789994450251Publication Date: 2008-12-31
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Myths, stereotypes & misrepresentations of African cultures
Facts, Fiction, and African Creative Imaginations by
This volume brings together insights from distinguished scholars from around the world to address the facts, fiction and creative imaginations in the pervasive portrayals of Africa, its people, societies and cultures in the literature and the media. The fictionalization of Africa and African issues in the media and the popular literature that blends facts and fiction has rendered perceptions of Africa, its cultures, societies, customs, and conflicts often superficial and deficient in the popular Western consciousness. The book brings eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines to sort out the persistent fictionalization of Africa, from facts pertaining to the genesis of powerful cultural, political or religious icons, the historical and cultural significance of "intriguing" customs (such as tribal marks), gender relations, causes of conflicts and African responses, and creative imaginations in contemporary African films, fiction and literature, among others.
Location: Mugar Stacks DT14 .F3185 2010ISBN: 9780415803168Publication Date: 2009-08-06
Shrines of the Slave Trade: Diola religion and society in precolonial Senegambia. by
In this groundbreaking work, Robert Baum seeks to reconstruct the religious and social history of the Diola communities in southern Senegal during the precolonial era, when the Atlantic slave trade was at its height. Baum shows that Diola community leaders used a complex of religious shrines and priesthoods to regulate and contain the influence of the slave trade. He demonstrates how this close involvement with the traders significantly changed Diola religious life.
Location: BL2480.D54 B38 1999ISBN: 0195123921Publication Date: 1999
Les tambours de la mémoire by Location: PQ3989.2.D553 T36 1990ISBN: 2738409121Publication Date: 1990
Africa Beyond the Mirror by Location: P96 .A37 D55913 2014ISBN: 9780956930750Publication Date: 2014-05-19
The Shadow of the Sun by
Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa in 1957, at the beginning of the end of colonial rule––the “sometimes dramatic and painful, sometimes enjoyable and jubilant” rebirth of a continent.The Shadow of the Sunsums up the author’s experiences (“the record of a forty-year marriage”) in this place that became the central obsession of his remarkable career. From the hopeful years of independence through the bloodcurdling disintegration of nations such as Nigeria, Liberia, Rwanda, and Angola, Kapuscinski recounts great social and political changes as seen through the prism of the ordinary African. He looks at the rough-and-ready physical world and identifies the true geography of Africa––a little-understood spiritual universe, an African way of being. And he offers a moving portrait of Africa in the wake of two epoch-making changes: the arrival of AIDS and the definitive departure of the white man. Kapuscinski’s rare humanity invests his subject with a dignity and grandeur unmatched by any other writer on the Third World, and his unique ability to discern the universal in the particular has never been more powerfully displayed than in this work.The Shadow of the Sunis a masterpiece from a modern master.
Location: DT12.25 .K35713 2001ISBN: 9780679454915Publication Date: 2001
Oral and Written Expressions of African Cultures by
Oral and Written Expressions of African Cultures challenges the traditional view of exotic and atavistic Africa with a balanced examination of the continent's realities and challenges. It shows how oral and written expressions capture the complexity, concerns, dynamism, challenges and ingenuity of African masses. It brings together twelve scholars from different academic backgrounds who draw from the rich repertoire of music, poetry, literature and the media in the continent to unearth the underlying socio-cultural, economic and political factors that shape African societies in the twenty first century. These scholars discuss issues ranging from political manipulations of popular music in Kenya and Argentina, the role of print media in the democratization process in Nigeria, motivations of ¿vulgar poetry¿ in South Africa, contemporary gender issues in the Islamic Republic of Sudan, the perseverance of aspects of African cultures in Puerto Rico, misrepresentations of Africa in Rene Maran's Batouala, the function of ¿lowbrow fiction¿ in Apartheid South Africa, female African authors' techniques to counter male dominance, to HIV/AID and the cultural taboos associated with the disease in southern Africa, among others.
Location: GR350 .O718 2009ISBN: 1594606471Publication Date: 2009
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- Debunking Myth About Africa'Africa is dangerous and corrupt'; 'Africans will always be poor'. This podcast explores the myths surrounding Africa. Hugh MuirIain Chambers Mar 31, 2014
- Travels in West Africa by Mary H. KingsleyMary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October 1862 – 3 June 1900) was an British explorer and writer who greatly influenced European ideas about Africa and its people. Kingsley was an outspoken critic of European colonialism, a champion for indigenous customs, and a dedicated campaigner for a revised British policy which supported traders and merchants over the needs of settlers and missionaries. This is her story in her own words of her adventures and the people and culture of West Africa.
Understanding African Societies.
Sundiata an Epic of Old Mali by
This is a revision of Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, a best seller for 30 years. Retold by griots, the guardians of African Culture, this oral tradition has been handed down from the thirteenth century and captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship. It is the epic tale, based on an actual figure, of Sundiata (Sunjata). Part history and part legend, it tells how Sundiata fulfilled the prophesies that he would unite the twelve kingdoms of Mali into a powerful empire. This Revised Edition includes background information which provides a geographical, religious, social, and political context for the story. A 'who's who of characters' and 'a glossary of places' will enhance the reader's experience.
Location: DT532.2 .N513 2006ISBN: 9781405849425Publication Date: 2006
Kings and Queens of West Africa by
Throughout the turbulent and often difficult history of the regions in Africa, strong leaders have appeared as rulers of these proud nations. Each book in this series looks at the lives and legacies of some of these memorable kings and queens.
Location: DT475.5 .K35 2000ISBN: 0531203751Publication Date: 2000
The African Origin of Civilization by Location: DT61 .D5613ISBN: 9781556520723Publication Date: 1989-07-01
Impacts of Christianity, Islam & Colonization
Anthropology and Africa by Location: GN308.3.A35 M66 1994ISBN: 9780813915050Publication Date: 1994-04-29
The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa by Location: HT919 .A98 2001ISBN: 1851682732Publication Date: 2001-08-27
British Colonial Realism in Africa by Location: PR468.R42 S65 2012ISBN: 0230378005Publication Date: 2012-05-04
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Contemporary Issues: Gender and popular culture,
Masculinities in Contemporary Afric by Location: HQ1090.7.A35 M37 2008ISBN: 9782869782273Publication Date: 2008-12-01
The Dynamics of African Feminism by Location: PL8010 .A713 2002ISBN: 0865438986Publication Date: 2001-08-01
Re-Creating Ourselves: African Women and Critical Transformation. by Location: HQ1787 .O38 1994ISBN: 0865434115Publication Date: 1994-02-01
Urban Legends, Colonial Myths by Location: PR9340.5 .U73 2007ISBN: 9781592214983Publication Date: 2006-11-01
Urbanization and African Cultures by Location: HT384.A35 U729 2005ISBN: 9780890895580Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Wicked Women and the Reconfiguration of Gender in Africa by Location: HQ1787 .W53 2001ISBN: 9780325070049Publication Date: 2001-04-19
Writing African Women by Location: PR9340.5 .W74 1997ISBN: 9781856494502Publication Date: 1997-03-01
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Contemporary Issues: Youth and African Diaspora
Ethnicities, Nationalities, and Cross-Cultural Representations in Africa and the Diaspora by Location: DT16.5 .E84 2015ISBN: 9781611636635Publication Date: 2015-06-16- Urban Legends, Colonial Myths by Location: PR9340.5 .U73 2007ISBN: 9781592214983Publication Date: 2006-11-01
- Urbanization and African Cultures by Location: HT384.A35 U729 2005ISBN: 9780890895580Publication Date: 2005-01-01
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