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Author : Osayimwense Osa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : African literature (English)
ISBN : IND:39000001525570
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Children
ISBN : OCLC:56775564
Author : Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135923679
Representing Africa in Children’s Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically examining the dominant images of Africa and Africans in books published between 1960 and 2005. The book focuses on contemporary children’s and young adult literature set in Africa, examining issues regarding colonialism, the politics of representation, and the challenges posed to both "insiders" and "outsiders" writing about Africa for children.
Author : Meena Khorana
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998-04-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UCSC:32106014184763
The past few years mark a growing scholarly interest in African children's literature in the United States. Several books have recently been published on the subject, and the number of papers on African children's literature presented at conferences or published in scholarly journals also seems to have increased. These publications are becoming more and more sophisticated as scholars move away from general country surveys or analyses of publishing conditions and instead analyze literary structures, themes, and illustrations, or apply Marxist, feminist, or postcolonial theories to interpret literary works. The question of an authentic voice in postcolonial African children's literature has emerged as a central concern to those who care about books for African children and young adults. Also of importance is the matter of how Africa is presented in literature for children who do not live on that continent. The essays in this book either take a postcolonial or revisionist approach to the study of colonial literature, or discuss books published after decolonization. The introductory essay provides a general analysis of the key issues facing the publication of children's books in postcolonial Africa—issues of national identity, language, appropriate genres, and relevant themes to inculcate a nationalistic outlook in children and young adults. The chapters that follow are located within this broad framework and are written by expert contributors. While these essays reflect the scholarly interests and specialization of each author, they also span the entire field of African children's literature. The first group of chapters surveys African children's literature from a variety of angles and explores such topics as literacy and the publishing culture in Africa, the role and importance of awards, Nigerian young adult literature, and the relevance of folktales. The book then turns to a discussion of books about Africa written by Western authors for Western readers, which often project values and perspectives that betray a continuing colonial bias. The last part of the book examines more specialized themes and concerns.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : African literature
ISBN : OCLC:896669788
Author : Osayimwense Osa
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015037418228
A study, analysis and critique of African American children's literature. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Raoul Granqvist,Jürgen Martini
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9042001666
From the contents: African children's literature or literature for African children? (Sam Mbure).- Information ou intoxication?: le role du peritexte dans quelques ouvrages de romancieres africaines publies a l'intention des jeunes(Jean-Marie Volet).- Theatre for children in South Africa (Zakes Mda).- Children's literature in Nigeria: revolutionary omissions (Marieh Linton Umeh).
Author : Mwenda Ntarangwi
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9782869786004
This annotated bibliography provides a summary of scholarly work on children and youth in Africa published between 2001 and 2011. It draws from journal articles, monographs, and book chapters. This rich resource for scholars presents publications with a wide range of approaches to child and youth studies. Some scholars question certain views of children especially when it comes to their own agency and full participation in socioeconomic production at the household level. The idea that children are vulnerable social subjects is the predominant view that shaped much of the research reported on in this volume. Western restrictions, on specific age limits, that govern childrens participation in work or labour, whether paid or not, and the subsequent rights that go along with them are often not easily translatable to many African contexts. This creates a kind of separation between African and Western scholars in their study and understanding of children. The overwhelming focus of research published on HIV/AIDS and orphans, violence and child-soldiers, childrens rights, and street children, demonstrates the continued interest regarding children as vulnerable and in need of adult protection. Focusing on the vulnerability of children in Africa appears to be a result of the construction of childhood in terms of modern (mostly) Western perceptions which are based on chronological age mainly. This book is very important for all scholars working on children and the youth in Africa.
Author : Barbara A. Lehman,,Jay Heale,Anne Hill
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476617169
This collection of essays analyzes the work of 29 authors and illustrators. South African children’s and youth literature has a long history. The country is the most prolific publisher of children’s books on the continent, producing perhaps the highest quality literature in Africa. Its traditions resonate within the larger world of children’s literature but are solidly grounded in African myth and archetypes. The African diaspora in the U.S. and elsewhere have stories rooted in these oral traditions. Much has changed in South African literature for children since the 1994 transformation of the country. A field once dominated by all white and mostly female writers and illustrators has diversified, adding many new voices.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : African literature
ISBN : IND:30000070332154
Author : Yulisa Amadu Maddy,Donnarae MacCann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135848699
In the spirit of their last collaboration, Apartheid and Racism in South African Children's Literature, 1985-1995, Yulisa Amadu Maddy and Donnarae MacCann once again come together to expose the neo-imperialist overtones of contemporary children's fiction about Africa. Examining the portrayal of African social customs, religious philosophies, and political structures in fiction for young people, Maddy and MacCann reveal the Western biases that often infuse stories by well-known Western authors. In the book's introductory section, Maddy and MacCann offer historical information concerning Western notions of Africa as "primitive," and then present background information about the complexity of feminism in Africa and about the ongoing institutionalization of racism. The main body of the study contains critiques of the novels or short stories of eleven well-known writers, including Isabel Allende and Nancy Farmer--all demonstrating that children's literature continues to mis-represent conditions and social relations in Africa. The study concludes with a look at those short stories of Beverley Naidoo which bring insight and historical accuracy to South African conflicts and emerging solutions. Educators, literature professors, publishers, professors of Diaspora and African studies, and students of the mass media will find Maddy and MacCann’s critique of racism in the representation of Africa to be indispensible to students of multicultural literature.
Author : Ernest Emenyo̲nu,Patricia Thornton Emenyonu,Jane Bryce,Maureen N. Eke,Stephanie Newell,Charles E. Nnolim,Alphonse Kwawisi Tekpetey,Iniobong I. Uko,Obi Nwakanma,Chimalum Moses Nwankwo
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Authors, African
ISBN : 9781847011329
Contributors analyse the theories behind children's literature, its functions and cultural significance, and suggest the new directions this literature is taking in terms of its craft, themes and intentions.
Author : Ntarangwi, Mwenda
Publisher : CODESRIA
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9782869785878
This annotated bibliography provides a summary of scholarly work on children and youth in Africa published between 2001 and 2011. It draws from journal articles, monographs, and book chapters. This rich resource for scholars presents publications with a wide range of approaches to child and youth studies. Some scholars question certain views of children especially when it comes to their own agency and full participation in socioeconomic production at the household level. The idea that children are vulnerable social subjects is the predominant view that shaped much of the research reported on in this volume. Western restrictions, on specific age limits, that govern children's participation in work or labour, whether paid or not, and the subsequent rights that go along with them are often not easily translatable to many African contexts. This creates a kind of separation between African and Western scholars in their study and understanding of children. The overwhelming focus of research published on HIV/AIDS and orphans, violence and child-soldiers, children's rights, and street children, demonstrates the continued interest regarding children as vulnerable and in need of adult protection. Focusing on the vulnerability of children in Africa appears to be a result of the construction of childhood in terms of modern (mostly) Western perceptions which are based on chronological age mainly. This book is very important for all scholars working on children and the youth in Africa.
Author : Elwyn Jenkins
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780415976763
"This is the first full-length study of South African English youth literature to cover the entire period of its publication, from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. What gives this book particular strength is its coverage of literature up to the 1960s, which has until now recieved almost no scholarly attention. Not only is this earlier literature a rewarding subject for study in itself, but it also throws light on subsequent literary developments. Jenkins also makes comparisons with American, Canadian and Australian children's literature. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand children's literature in the context of adult South African literature and South African cultural history."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Nyambura Mpesha
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 1425914713
This bibliography of African Children's Literature includes 1759 titles written in English or Kiswahili and published with the African child reader as the target reader. The work is a useful tool for researchers, teachers, parents and librarians.