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Book Synopsis The Open Sore of a Continent by : Wole Soyinka
Download or read book The Open Sore of a Continent written by Wole Soyinka and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The events that led up to dissident writer Ken Saro-Wiwa's execution in 1995 marked Nigeria's decline from a post-colonial success story to its current military dictatorship. Wole Soyinka, whose own Nigerian passport was confiscated by the Nigerian military in 1994, explores the history and future of Nigeria in a compelling jeremiad that is as intense as it is provocative, learned, and wide-ranging.
Download or read book Of Africa written by Wole Soyinka and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A member of the unique generation of African writers and intellectuals who came of age in the last days of colonialism, Wole Soyinka has witnessed the promise of independence and lived through postcolonial failure. He deeply comprehends the pressing problems of Africa, and, an irrepressible essayist and a staunch critic of the oppressive boot, he unhesitatingly speaks out.In this magnificent new work, Soyinka offers a wide-ranging inquiry into Africa's culture, religion, history, imagination, and identity. He seeks to understand how the continent's history is entwined with the histories of others, while exploring Africa's truest assets: "its humanity, the quality and valuation of its own existence, and modes of managing its environment—both physical and intangible (which includes the spiritual)."Fully grasping the extent of Africa's most challenging issues, Soyinka nevertheless refuses defeatism. With eloquence he analyzes problems ranging from the meaning of the past to the threat of theocracy. He asks hard questions about racial attitudes, inter-ethnic and religious violence, the viability of nations whose boundaries were laid out by outsiders, African identity on the continent and among displaced Africans, and more. Soyinka's exploration of Africa relocates the continent in the reader's imagination and maps a course toward an African future of peace and affirmation.
Book Synopsis The Beatification of Area Boy by : Wole Soyinka
Download or read book The Beatification of Area Boy written by Wole Soyinka and published by Methuen Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Nigeria, amid the scenes of everyday racketeering and general disquiet, the police try to clear the area of undesirables, as a traditional wedding between two illustrious and ambitious families is about to take place. This play is by Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka.
Book Synopsis Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds by : Nicholas J. Karolides
Download or read book Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds written by Nicholas J. Karolides and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Revised Edition profiles the censorship of many such essential works of literature. The entries new to this edition include extensive coverage of the Harry Potter series, which has been frequently banned in the United States on the grounds that it promotes witchcraft, as well as entries on two popular textbook series, The Witches by Roald Dahl, Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran, and more. Also included are updates to such entries as The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
Book Synopsis The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness by : Wole Soyinka
Download or read book The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness written by Wole Soyinka and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel Laureate in Literature Wole Soyinka considers all of Africa--indeed, all the world--as he poses this question: once repression stops, is reconciliation between oppressor and victim possible? In the face of centuries-long devastation wrought on the African continent and her Diaspora by slavery, colonialism, Apartheid, and the manifold faces of racism, what form of recompense could possibly suffice? In a voice as eloquent and humane as it is forceful, Soyinka boldly challenges in these pages the notions of simple forgiveness, confession, and absolution as strategies for social healing. Ultimately, he turns to art--poetry, music, painting, etc.--as the one source that can nourish the seed of reconciliation: art is the generous vessel that can hold together the burden of memory and the hope of forgiveness. Based on Soyinka's Stewart-McMillan lectures delivered at the DuBois Institute at Harvard, The Burden of Memory speaks not only to those concerned specifically with African politics, but also to anyone seeking the path to social justice through some of history's most inhospitable terrain.
Download or read book Early Poems written by Wole Soyinka and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together Idanre and Other Poems and A Shuttle in the Crypt, two powerful and distinctive volumes of the early poetry of Nobel Prize laureate and Nigerian exile Wole Soyinka. Taken has a whole, Soyinka's early poetry may be viewed as a valiant effort to reconcile the mysterious legacy of the old with the often harsh realities of an entire continent's abrupt entry into the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Mandela's Earth and Other Poems by : Wole Soyinka
Download or read book Mandela's Earth and Other Poems written by Wole Soyinka and published by New York : Random House. This book was released on 1988 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Global Africans written by Toyin Falola and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Black," "African," "African descendant" and "of African heritage," are just some of the ways Africans and Africans in the diaspora (both old and new) describe themselves. This volume examines concepts of race, ethnicity, and identity as they are ascribed to people of colour around the world, examining different case studies of how the process of identity formation occurred and is changing. Contributors to this volume, selected from a wide range of academic and cultural backgrounds, explore issues that encourage a deeper understanding of race, ethnicity and identity. As our notions about what it means to be black or of African heritage change as a result of globalization, it is important to reassess how these issues are currently developing, and the origins from which these issues developed. Global Africans is an important and insightful book, useful to a wide range of students and scholars, particularly of African studies, sociology, diaspora studies, and race and ethnic studies.
Download or read book Africans written by John Iliffe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated and comprehensive single-volume history covering all periods from human origins to contemporary African situations.
Book Synopsis Forest of A Thousand Daemons by : D.O. Fagunwa
Download or read book Forest of A Thousand Daemons written by D.O. Fagunwa and published by City Lights Publishers. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be written in any African language.
Book Synopsis Open Veins of Latin America by : Eduardo Galeano
Download or read book Open Veins of Latin America written by Eduardo Galeano and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover.
Author :Wole Soyinka Publisher :London ; New York : Oxford University Press ISBN 13 :9780192811646 Total Pages :292 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Collected Plays written by Wole Soyinka and published by London ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `The Lion and the Jewel alone is enough to establish Nigeria as the most fertile new source of English-speaking drama since Synge's discovery of the Western Isles.' The Times The ironic development and consequences of `progress' may be traced through both the themes and the tone of the works included in this second volume of Wole Soyinka's plays. The Lion and the Jewel shows an ineffectual assault on past tradition soundly defeated. In Kongi's Harvest, however, the pretensions of Kongi's regime are also fatal. The denouement points the way forward. The two Brother Jero plays pursue that way, the comic `propheteering' of the earlier play giving way to the sardonic reality of Jero's Metamorphosis. Madmen and Specialists, Soyinka's most pessimistic play, concerns the physical, mental, and moral destruction of modern civil war.
Book Synopsis To Cook a Continent by : Nnimmo Bassey
Download or read book To Cook a Continent written by Nnimmo Bassey and published by Fahamu/Pambazuka. This book was released on 2012 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that the climate crisis confronting the world today is rooted mainly in the wealthy economies’ abuse of fossil fuels, indigenous forests, and global commercial agriculture, this important book investigates how Africa has been exploited and how Africans should respond for the good of all. As it examines the oil industry in Africa and probes the causes of global warming, this record warns of its insidious impacts and explores false solutions. Demonstrating that the issues around natural resource exploitation, corporate profiteering, and climate change must be considered together if the planet is to be saved, the book suggests how Africa can overcome the crises of environment and global warming.
Book Synopsis Salutation to the Gut by : Wole Soyinka
Download or read book Salutation to the Gut written by Wole Soyinka and published by Bookcraft, Nigeria. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously unpublished, Salutation to the Gut is an essay Soyinka wrote more than forty years ago. The essay is a celebration of Yoruba culture, in particular Yoruba food and gastronomic culture. Its witty and whimsical style foreshadows the kind of writing that would become Soyinka's hallmark, and for which he would subsequently win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Book Synopsis Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by : David Livingstone
Download or read book Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa written by David Livingstone and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, authored by David Livingstone, is a ... travel narrative that documents the extraordinary journeys of the Scottish explorer and missionary across Southern Africa during the 19th century ... David Livingstone's book chronicles his efforts to combine his missionary work with extensive explorations of the African continent. Through vivid descriptions and firsthand accounts, he shares his encounters with diverse African cultures, wildlife, and landscapes. Livingstone's exploration of the Zambezi River and his discovery of the Victoria Falls are among the notable highlights detailed in the book. Livingstone's narrative also delves into the harsh realities of the African slave trade and his dedication to ending this brutal practice. He provides insights into the challenges he faced, including navigating treacherous terrain and fostering relationships with local communities. The book captures Livingstone's deep respect for African cultures and his commitment to understanding and improving the lives of the people he encountered"--From Boswell Book Company website.
Book Synopsis A Shuttle in the Crypt by : Wole Soyinka
Download or read book A Shuttle in the Crypt written by Wole Soyinka and published by Hill & Wang. This book was released on 1972 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Jero Plays written by Wole Soyinka and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
