Toyin Falola

African Memoirs and Cultural Representations

Narrating Traditions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, memoirs by West African writers are discussed as repositories of African communities, ranging from the traditional to the contemporary. Each memoir examined analyzes and sheds light on the inner workings of society via the individual, including the dynamic processes of African cultures, civilizations, and peoples.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781839987748
• ISBN-10: 183998774X
• Artikelnr.: 72128653

Autorenporträt

Toyin Falola is an author and editor of over one hundred and fifty books on Africa and the African Diaspora, and widely proclaimed as Africa's preeminent scholar and one of the major intellectuals of our time. A global icon in African Studies, Toyin Falola has received sixteen honorary doctorates.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
 Dedication
 Acknowledgments
 Preface
 Chapter One Mirror Effect: Narrating the Self through, Traditions and Cultures
 Chapter Two The Universal and the Particular in African Memoirs
 Chapter Three The Portraiture of Womanhood in Emmanuel, Babatunde's An African Journey through Celibate, Priesthood to Married Life
 Chapter Four Politics, Philosophical Representation, and Culture in Cherno Njie's Sweat Is Invisible in the Rain
 Chapter Five The Yoruba Worldview, Meanings, and Ideals of Life in Michael Afolayan's Fate of Our Mothers
 Chapter Six The Indelibility of Igbo Tradition (Home) in Kalu Ogbaa's Carrying my Father's Torch
 Chapter Seven Experiences, Reflections, and Refractions on the Cusp in A. B. Assensoh's A Matter of Sharing
 Chapter Eight Toward a Spatial and Identity Synthesis: Regional Peculiarities in African Memoirs
 Bibliography
 Index