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African Myths of Origin by
Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this compelling new collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. From impassioned descriptions of animal-creators to dramatic stories of communities forced to flee monstrous crocodiles, all the narratives found here concern origins - whether of the universe, peoples or families. Together, they create a kaleidoscopic picture of the rich and varied oral traditions that have shaped the culture and society of successive generations of Africans for thousands of years, throughout the long struggle to survive and explore this massive and environmentally diverse continent.
Location: Available at Mugar Library Service Desk ; BL2400 .B35 2005ISBN: 9780140449457Publication Date: 2006-06-27
When Rain Clouds Gather by
In 'When Rain Clouds Gather' a South African political refugee and an Englishman join forces in Botswana to revolutionize the villager's traditional farming methods, but their task is fraught with hazards. 'Maru' is the moving tale of an orphaned Masarwa girl who goes to teach in a remote village in Botswana.
Location: Available at Mugar Library Service Desk ; PR9369.3.H4 W5MISBN: 9781478607595Publication Date: 2013-09-01
Forced Migration in Eastern Africa by
This study enriches understanding of East Africa's refugee situation by examining the conditions that gave rise to it and how the refugees themselves sought to reconstruct their lives. Focusing on the 1990s, Veney compares Kenya and Tanzania, two nations that did not generate many refugees, but become important hosts for the general region.
Location: Available at Mugar Stacks ; HV640.4.A354 V46 2007ISBN: 9781403976109Publication Date: 2007-02-09
Oral History, Community, and Displacement by
This book uses oral history methodology to record stories of people who experienced the brunt of racist forced removals in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Through life stories and community case studies, it traces the human impact of this disruptive, often violent feature of apartheid's social engineering.
Location: Available at African Studies Library Stacks ; DT2405.C369 A23 2012 African Studies LibraryStacks DT2405.C369 A23 2012ISBN: 9780230108905Publication Date: 2012-02-29
In Search of Cool Ground by
Concentrates attention on crucial issues which have been largely ignored and must become key aspects of assistance programs in war-torn areas of the Horn of Africa.
Location: Available at Mugar Stacks ; HV640.4.A355 I5 1996ISBN: 9780865435247Publication Date: 1996-04-01
Credit Between Cultures by
No detailed description available for "Credit Between Cultures".
Location: OnlineISBN: 9780300162929Publication Date: 2010-06-22
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So Long a Letter by Location: Mugar Library Service Desk PQ3989.2.B23 S513 2012ISBN: 9781577668060Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Serowe by
An examination of Serowe's recent past - seen through the words and memories of the village inhabitants.
Location: African Studies Library Stacks ; DT803.S47 H4ISBN: 9780435902209Publication Date: 1981-01-01
Things Fall Apart by
THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first of these stories traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world in which he lives, and in its classical purity of line and economical beauty it provides us with a powerful fable about the immemorial conflict between the individual and society. The second story, which is as modern as the first is ancient, and which elevates the book to a tragic plane, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world through the arrival of aggressive, proselytizing European missionaries. These twin dramas are perfectly harmonized, and they are modulated by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature, human history, and the mysterious compulsions of the soul. THINGS FALL APART is the most illuminating and permanent monument we have to the modern African experience as seen from within.
Location: African Studies Library Available Stacks ; PR9387.9.A3 T5 1996ISBN: 9780435905255Publication Date: 1996-11-25
Street Life by
The second novel from the winner of the Sinclair Prize for Fiction with her first novel. The life and times of the desolate in Kenyan society, striving for survival in a callous world.
Location: Mugar Library Service Desk PR9381.9.M19 S77 1987ISBN: 9789966463623Publication Date: 1987-01-01
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