Legacies of Departed African Writers analyzes and celebrates the resounding contributions of ten deceased African female writers of contemporary African literature and feminist scholarship, examining the ideologies, thematic concerns, and stylistic devices which constitute the fabrics of the legacies left by these iconic pacesetters.
Legacies of Departed African Writers analyzes and celebrates the resounding contributions of ten deceased African female writers of contemporary African literature and feminist scholarship, examining the ideologies, thematic concerns, and stylistic devices which constitute the fabrics of the legacies left by these iconic pacesetters.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Helen O. Chukwuma is professor of English in the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages at Jackson State University. Chioma Carol Opara is professor of English and comparative literature and former director of the Foundation Studies Unit at Rivers State University.
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Acknowledgements Introduction: The Resounding Gongs of Fallen Female Heroes Chioma Carol Opara and Helen O. Chukwuma Part 1: Affirming the Charismatic Pathfinder: Flora Nwapa 1. "Flora Nwapa: The One Who Dwells in Wealth" Anthonia Kalu 2. Uwa Umunwanyi, Uwa Oma: Flora Nwapa and Women's History and Culture in Efuru and Idu Akachi Adimora- Ezeigbo 3. Flora Nwapa, Feminism and the Burden of History Kemi Wale- Olaitan 4. Flora Nwapa's Efuru: The Personified Goddess Anthonia Adadevoh 5. Forces and Flaws in Flora Nwapa's Efuru and Idu Perp St. Remy Asiegbu Part 2: Orality and Rootedness in Culture and Tradition 6. Wolof Taasu Genre as Narrative Device in Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter Ada Uzoamaka Azodo 7. Non-Verbalized Communication of True Love in Traditional Dholuo in Grace Ogot's The Promised Land Eunita Ochola 8. Validation of Culture: A Re-reading of 'Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the Gods and King Emene: A Tragedy of Rebellion. Nkem Okoh Part 3: Interrogating Identity, Autonomy, and History 9. Archetypes of the Mother and the Scapegoat in Grace Ogot's Fiction Onyemaechi Udumukwu 10. Bessie Head: World Writer from Africa Mary S. Lederer 11. Narrating Hybridity: The Synthesis of Tradition and Modernity in Buchi Emecheta's Double Yoke Solomon Omatsola Azumurana 12. Depravity and Mental Torture in Nawal El Saadawi's Two Women inOne and Woman at PointZero Queen Albert and Onyemechi Nwaeke 13. Resurrecting Women from the Margins of History: Feminist Synergy in Selected Works by Assia Djebar Rose A. Sackeyfio Part 4: Confronting Containment with Resistance and Freedom 14. From Passivity to Defiance: The Figure of Woman in Yvonne Vera's Novels Blessing Diala-Ogamba 15. The Buchi Emecheta Phenomenon Austine Amanze Akpuda 16. Twin Kernels in One Pod: Naming of Nawal and Firdaus in El Saadawi's A Daughter of Isis and Woman at Point Zero Chinyere Grace Okafor 17. Women,Tradition and Resistance in Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the Gods Irene Isoken Salami-Agunloye 18. Nadine Gordimer's Multiplex Legacy Ikeogu Oke Part 5: Dynamics of Power and Narrative Voice 19. Language Use in the Discourse of Otherness in Bessie Head's Maru Omeh Obasi Ngwoke and Okwudiri Anasiudu 20. Synthesis of Binaries: The Mediating Voice in Mariama Ba's Novels Chioma Carol Opara Epilogue: Un Cri de Coeur Marie Umeh
Acknowledgements Introduction: The Resounding Gongs of Fallen Female Heroes Chioma Carol Opara and Helen O. Chukwuma Part 1: Affirming the Charismatic Pathfinder: Flora Nwapa 1. "Flora Nwapa: The One Who Dwells in Wealth" Anthonia Kalu 2. Uwa Umunwanyi, Uwa Oma: Flora Nwapa and Women's History and Culture in Efuru and Idu Akachi Adimora- Ezeigbo 3. Flora Nwapa, Feminism and the Burden of History Kemi Wale- Olaitan 4. Flora Nwapa's Efuru: The Personified Goddess Anthonia Adadevoh 5. Forces and Flaws in Flora Nwapa's Efuru and Idu Perp St. Remy Asiegbu Part 2: Orality and Rootedness in Culture and Tradition 6. Wolof Taasu Genre as Narrative Device in Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter Ada Uzoamaka Azodo 7. Non-Verbalized Communication of True Love in Traditional Dholuo in Grace Ogot's The Promised Land Eunita Ochola 8. Validation of Culture: A Re-reading of 'Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the Gods and King Emene: A Tragedy of Rebellion. Nkem Okoh Part 3: Interrogating Identity, Autonomy, and History 9. Archetypes of the Mother and the Scapegoat in Grace Ogot's Fiction Onyemaechi Udumukwu 10. Bessie Head: World Writer from Africa Mary S. Lederer 11. Narrating Hybridity: The Synthesis of Tradition and Modernity in Buchi Emecheta's Double Yoke Solomon Omatsola Azumurana 12. Depravity and Mental Torture in Nawal El Saadawi's Two Women inOne and Woman at PointZero Queen Albert and Onyemechi Nwaeke 13. Resurrecting Women from the Margins of History: Feminist Synergy in Selected Works by Assia Djebar Rose A. Sackeyfio Part 4: Confronting Containment with Resistance and Freedom 14. From Passivity to Defiance: The Figure of Woman in Yvonne Vera's Novels Blessing Diala-Ogamba 15. The Buchi Emecheta Phenomenon Austine Amanze Akpuda 16. Twin Kernels in One Pod: Naming of Nawal and Firdaus in El Saadawi's A Daughter of Isis and Woman at Point Zero Chinyere Grace Okafor 17. Women,Tradition and Resistance in Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the Gods Irene Isoken Salami-Agunloye 18. Nadine Gordimer's Multiplex Legacy Ikeogu Oke Part 5: Dynamics of Power and Narrative Voice 19. Language Use in the Discourse of Otherness in Bessie Head's Maru Omeh Obasi Ngwoke and Okwudiri Anasiudu 20. Synthesis of Binaries: The Mediating Voice in Mariama Ba's Novels Chioma Carol Opara Epilogue: Un Cri de Coeur Marie Umeh
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