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Author : George P. Kahari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Search for Identity and Ufuru written by George P. Kahari and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Grant Hamilton
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1847010628
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Reading Marechera written by Grant Hamilton and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2013 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Variously understood as literary genius and enfant terrible of African literature, Dambudzo Marechera's work as novelist, poet, playwright and essayist is discussed here in relation to other free-thinking writers. Considered one of Africa's most innovative and subversive writers, the Zimbabwean novelist, poet, playwright and essayist Dambudzo Marechera is read today as a significant voice in contemporary world literature. Marechera wrote ceaselessly against the status quo, against unqualified ideas, against expectation. He was an intellectual outsider who found comfort only in the company of other free-thinking writers - Shelley, Bakhtin, Apuleius, Fanon, Dostoyevsky, Tutuola. It is this universe of literary thought that one can see written into the fiction of Marechera that this collection of essays sets out to interrogate. In this important and timely contribution to African literarystudies, Grant Hamilton has gathered together essays of world-renowned, established, and young academics from Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia in order to discuss the important literary and philosophical influences that course through Marechera's prose, poetry and drama. From classical allusion to the political philosophy of anarchism, this collection of new research on Marechera's work makes clear the extraordinary breadth and quality of thought that Marechera brought to his writing. Grant Hamilton is Assistant Professor of English Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the author of On Representation: Deleuze and Coetzee on the Colonized Subject (Rodopi, 2011), as well as a number of articles on contemporary African, postcolonial, and world literatures. He is currently working on his second book, Deleuze and African Literature.
Author : Shun Man Emily CHOW-QUESADA
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000646548
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Zimbabwean Maverick written by Shun Man Emily CHOW-QUESADA and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to unfold the complexity within the works of Dambudzo Marechera and presents scholars and readers with a way of reading his works in light of utopian thinking. Writing during a traumatic transitional period in Zimbabwe’s history, Marechera witnessed the upheavals caused by different parties battling for power in the nation. Aware of the fact that all institutionalized narratives – whether they originated from the colonial governance of the UK, Ian Smith’s white minority regime, or Zimbabwe’s revolutionary parties – appeal to visions of a utopian society but reveal themselves to be fiction, Marechera imagined a unique utopia. For Marechera, utopia is not a static entity but a moment of perpetual change. He rethinks utopia by phrasing it as an ongoing event that ceaselessly contests institutionalized narratives of the postcolonial self and its relationship to society. Marechera writes towards a vision of an alternative future for the country. Yet, it is a vision that does not constitute a fully rounded sense of utopia. Being cautious about the world and the operation of power upon the people, rather than imposing his own utopian ideals, Marechera chooses instead to destabilize the narrative constitution of the self in relation to society in order to turn towards a truly radical utopian thinking that empowers the individual.
Author : Artwell Nhemachena
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956550493
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Social and Legal Theory in the Age of Decoloniality written by Artwell Nhemachena and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Right from the enslavement era through to the colonial and contemporary eras, Africans have been denied their human essence portrayed as indistinct from animals or beasts for imperial burdens, Africans have been historically dispossessed and exploited. Postulating the theory of global jurisprudential apartheid, the book accounts for biases in various legal systems, norms, values and conventions that bind Africans while affording impunity to Western states. Drawing on contemporary notions of animism, transhumanism, posthumanism and science and technology studies, the book critically interrogates the possibility of a jurisprudence of anticipation which is attentive to the emergent New World Order that engineers human beings to become nonhumans while nonhumans become humans. Connecting discourses on decoloniality with jurisprudence in the areas of family law, environment, indigenisation, property, migration, constitutionalism, employment and labour law, commercial law and Ubuntu, the book also juggles with emergent issues around Earth Jurisprudence, ecocentrism, wild law, rights of nature, Earth Court and Earth Tribunal. Arguing for decoloniality that attends to global jurisprudential apartheid., this tome is handy for legal scholars and practitioners, social scientists, civil society organisations, policy makers and researchers interested in transformation, decoloniality and Pan-Africanism.
Author : Amanze, James N.
Publisher : Mzuni Press
ISBN 13 : 9996060381
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Religion and Development in Southern and Central Africa: Vol 1 written by Amanze, James N. and published by Mzuni Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a result of a joint conference, which was held from 18th-22nd July 2017 under the theme Religion, Citizenship and Development – Southern African Perspectives." The theme of the conference was adopted in order to underline the importance and significance of religion in the socio-economic development of people in the world generally and in Southern and Central Africa in particular. The papers in the book are divided into two volumes. Volume one consists of papers which directly discuss religion and development in one form or another. The second volume contains papers that discuss religion and other pertinent issues related to development. The papers are grouped into sub-themes for ease of reference. These include Citizenship and Development, Migration and Development, Disability and Development, Pentecostal Churches and Development and Religion and Society. All in all, despite a divergence of sub-themes in volume two, all point to issues to do with the role of religion in development in Southern and Central Africa today.
Author : Holger Rossow
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 382536707X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (253 download)
Download or read book Facets of Globalisation written by Holger Rossow and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, ‘anglistik & englischunterricht’ has been devoted to the exploration of a wide range of questions within the field of British and American culture and the teaching of culture. The objective of the first volume on globalisation is to provide a diverse approach to the problem area of globalisation, which, perhaps more than any other issue, needs to be addressed from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives. It is, however, also self-evident that the number of specific questions to be covered within the scope of this volume is necessarily very limited and cannot serve as a systematic introduction to a problem area that, by definition, defies any such endeavour. Therefore, the publication offers a selection of contributions from linguistic, literary, film and cultural studies with a partly strong focus on teaching on secondary and tertiary levels. The volume should offer valuable insights not only for teachers at schools and universities but also for the interested public.
Author : J. Gus Liebenow
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253302755
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (27 download)
Download or read book African Politics written by J. Gus Liebenow and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""A well-balanced presentation... especially notable for its succinct review of the factors currently controlling the South African political situation."" -- The Nation .."". authoritative work... "" -- Foreign Affairs .."". broad enough in its reach to be useful to teaching in interdisciplinary African studies courses for undergraduates."" -- Perspective ""Gus Liebenow has produced a winner, eminently suitable for classroom use, with enough substance to be of interest to both teachers and students."" -- Africa Today A sympathetic but hardheaded analysis of the crisis issues common to the continent as a whole: the struggle for national identity, poverty, the unresolved festering issue of white supremacy in Southern Africa, the problem of political community in the African urban setting, and the struggle for popular control over government.
Author : Alamin M. Mazrui
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Swahili written by Alamin M. Mazrui and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indepth look at Swahili culture, language and the people
Author : Meja Mwangi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803288930
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Going Down River Road written by Meja Mwangi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an exhausting day of hard labour, Ben finds oblivion in the seedy bars and clubs of River Road – anything to leave his cockroach-infested rooms and ignore the reality of living paycheck to paycheck. At times, it's difficult to remember that it wasn't always this way. Somehow, he went from a promising career as a soldier to a disgraceful dismissal and a steady decline into poverty. Now the only thing Ben has left to lose is hope. Writing with colourful realism, Meja Mwangi paints an unforgettable depiction of life in Nairobi's slums – drawing attention to the hardships of the working poor and their disillusion with uncaring politicians. '[Mwangi is] among the leading Kenyan writers.' New York Times 'Riveting.' Guardian 'The finest African novel ever.' Professor Ibrahim Bello Kano
Author : Emma Wild-Wood
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004164642
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Migration and Christian Identity in Congo (DRC) written by Emma Wild-Wood and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity and migration have greatly influenced society and culture of sub-Saharan Africa, yet their mutual impact is rarely studied. Through oral history research in north eastern Congo (DRC), this book studies the migration of Anglicans and the subsequent reconfiguring of their Christian identity. It engages with issues of religious contextualisation, revivalism and the rise of Pentecostalism. It examines shifting ethnic, national, gender and generational expressions, the influence of tradition, contemporanity, local needs and international networks to reveal mobile group identities developing through migration. Borrowing the metaphor of 'home' from those interviewed, the book suggests in what ways religious affiliation aids a process of belonging. The result is an original exploration of important themes in an often neglected region of Africa.
Author : Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui
Publisher : London, Longmans 1967
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book On Heroes and Uhuru-worship written by Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui and published by London, Longmans 1967. This book was released on 1967 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wambui B. Githiora
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1598583107
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Wanjira written by Wambui B. Githiora and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the mid-1970's and Wanjira, one of Kenya's Children of Uhuru, or Children of Independence, has entered The University of Nairobi, the country's highest institution of learning, ready for the last stage of her preparation as one of Kenya's "Future Leaders." As she awakens to the social and political realities around her, Wanjira soon discovers that her nation's own coming-of-age will profoundly affect and challenge her emerging womanhood and identity as a young Kenyan woman. When she falls in love with Luka, a fellow student at the university, Wanjira is forced to confront the ethnic tensions that permeate her world, and which threaten to destroy the hopes, ideals, and aspirations of her generation. Wambui B. Githiora grew up in Mang'u, Kenya. She holds a B.A. honors degree in Literature from the University of Nairobi and a doctorate in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has worked as a sub-editor for a Kenyan news magazine and on school radio programs in Malawi and Uganda. She currently teaches English at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband, David Updike, and their son, Wesley.
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Author : Kimani Njogu
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9966724435
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (667 download)
Download or read book Getting Heard: [Re]claiming Performance Space in Kenya written by Kimani Njogu and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2008 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Heard: (Re)claiming Performance Space is the third in a series of publications on art, culture and society released by Twaweza Communications. The aim is to bring to the fore conversations taking place in Kenya about identity, creativity, nationalism and the generation of knowledge. The series is also about the pursuit of freedom through arts, media and culture. In Getting Heard the performance space is shown to offer wider possibilities for knowledge creation. It shows that in post-colonial Africa political leaders have consistently performed over their subjects at local and national levels. There is discussion of: Kenya National Theatre, Story Telling, Radio Theatre, Translation, African Languages, Music, Media and Mungiki This volume opens a window to our understanding of post-colonial Africa through performances.
Author : Norman Stewart Carey Jones
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Anatomy of Uhuru written by Norman Stewart Carey Jones and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Onyango
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9966031928
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (66 download)
Download or read book African Customary Law: An Introduction written by Peter Onyango and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013-12-29 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author is a Don at the School of Law, University of Nairobi Kenya and a development consultant with various NGOs and other international bodies in Eastern Africa region and Italy. He is a researcher and writer of articles and texts on matters concerning law and culture. Dr. Onyango is an expert in modern legal science with wide knowledge of law ranging from comparative legal system, international public law, ethics, philosophy, theology, sociology, mass media and social realities today. He is currently teaching Social Foundations of Law, Customary Law, International Public Law and International Relations at the University of Nairobi and he is a part-time lecturer at St. Pauls University. Among his publication are Cultural Gap and Economic Crisis in Africa and, Dholuo Grammar for Beginners.
Author : Michael Vlahos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313348464
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Fighting Identity written by Michael Vlahos and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work highlights a national ethos infused by a sacred narrative of divine mission. This deep association leads to a narrow approach to conflict relationships, built around an Us vs. Them distance from the enemy, in which their submission is achieved through kinetic effects and their subsequent redemption through our good works (reconstruction). Vlahos contends that America's difficult engagement in the Muslim world demonstrates urgently that different operational approaches and tactics (like counterinsurgency) are not enough. Alternative paradigms of strategic engagement are needed, but their very consideration requires deeper cultural rethinking about how we assess world change and other cultures, and how our national ethos makes war. Why are terrorists and insurgents we fight so formidable? Their strength - and our vulnerability - is in identity. Clausewitz knew that geist (spirit) was always stronger than the material: identity is power in war. But how can non-state actors face up to nation states? The answer is in globalization. This is the West's 3rd globalization. Two centuries of intense mixing has torn down old ways of life and created a growing demand for new belonging. There is also a decline in US universalism. America's vision as history's anointed prophet and manager is now competing head-to-head with renewed universal visions. Like Late Antiquity and the High Middle Ages our globalization begins to subside. We may be in the later days of American modernity. We can see this worldwide, as emerging local communities within states and meta-movements find their voice - through conflict and war. Identities struggling for realization are always the most powerful. Add the diffusion of new technology and new practice, and even the poorest and seemingly most primitive group can now make war against those on high. They are successful because of a symbiotic fit between old states and new identities. Increasingly, old societies no longer find identity-celebration in war - while non-state identities embrace the struggle for realization. Hence non-state wars with America become a mythic narrative for them. Our engagement actually helps them realize identity - and we become the midwife. This book offers another path to deal with non-state challenges, one that does not further weaken us.
Author : Andrew Smith
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526107597
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Interventions written by Andrew Smith and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to intervene in current critical contexts for the study of nineteenth-century literature within the academy and beyond. Topics discussed include science and technology, poetry and philosophy, the Gothic, anatomical exhibitions, the global spread of liberalism, Anglo-American publishing, Punjabi popular culture and the neo-Victorian in literature, film and performance. By bringing together a broad range of intellectually challenging perspectives, the book offers an engaging critical overview of the field of nineteenth-century literary studies that will appeal both to scholars working within the field and students and teachers encountering this fascinating area of study for the first time.
