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Author : Ernest Emenyo̲nu
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0865438765
This compendium of 37 essays provides global perspectives of Achebe as an artist with a proper sense of history and an imaginative writer with an inviolable sense of cultural mission and political commitment.
Author : Ernest N. Emenyonu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000040708
This book looks at the trends in the development of the Igbo novel from its antecedents in oral performance, through the emergence of the first published novel, Omenuko, in 1933 by Pita Nwana, to the contemporary Igbo novel. Defining "Igbo literature" as literature in Igbo language, and "Igbo novel" as a novel written in Igbo language, the author argues that oral and written literature in African indigenous languages hold an important foundational position in the history of African literature. Focusing on the contributions of Igbo writers to the development of African literature in African languages, the book examines the evolution, themes, and distinctive features of the Igbo novel, the historical circumstances of the rise of the African novel in the pre-colonial, era and their impact on the contemporary Igbo novel. This book will be of interest to scholars of African literature, literary history, and Igbo studies.
Author : O. R. Dathorne
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780816607693
Explores intellectual currents in African prose and verse from sung or chanted lines to modern writings
Author : Damian Ọnwụegbuchulam Eze
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Catholic Church
ISBN : 3631578830
In this book the author, relying on the research he carried out in Igboland, Nigeria, leads us to see the action of God's grace already active in the Igbo religious culture called Omenala Ndigbo before the coming of Christian missionaries and how these cultural values have prepared the people to receive the Gospel. But, as he points out, these cultural values on which the Christian message ought to have been built from the beginning were grossly misunderstood and neglected. The Igbo people are now mainly Christians. But because the Gospel has not yet become their culture, some of them have double allegiance to the doctrines of the Church and to the practices of Omenala Ndigbo. The author opines that to build the Catholic Church in Igboland on a solid foundation, the Eucharist must take the central place - since the Eucharist makes the Church and is the source and summit of the life of the Church. Thus the work, which uses the analytical and hermeneutical method known as inculturation, is on Eucharistic Ecclesiology from an Igbo perspective and will be useful for the Church, both at the local and universal levels for self-understanding and renewal, ecumenism, dialogue and mission.
Author : Simon Gikandi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134582235
The most comprehensive reference work on African literature to date, this book covers all the key historical and cultural issues in the field. The Encyclopedia contains over 600 entries covering criticism and theory, African literature's development as a field of scholarship, and studies of established and lesser-known writers and their texts. While the greatest proportion of literary work in Africa has been a product of the twentieth century, the Encyclopedia also covers the literature back to the earliest eras of story-telling and oral transmission, making this a unique and valuable resource for those studying social sciences as well as humanities. This work includes cross-references, suggestions for further reading, and a comprehensive index.
Author : Francoise UGOCHUKWU
Publisher : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781912234288
The Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970 (also known as the Biafran War) has been described as a 'forgotten war'. Yet it led to the birth of the NGO Doctors without Borders / Medecins sans frontieres and equipped journalists with the intercultural skills they later used in their coverage of other African conflicts. The Biafran conflict equally ended up strengthening the special relationship between France and Nigeria. From 1970 in particular, the Nigerian education sector was taken up with a wave of francophilia, which boosted the teaching of French in Language programmes at the secondary school level. The Civil War, which ravaged the South-Eastern part of the federation, was, above all, a collective experience which inspired poets, novelists and playwrights - Achebe, Soyinka, Okigbo, Saro-Wiwa, Okpewho, Adichie and others, while bringing about a massive religious revival which affected the whole region. The war mobilised politicians and NGOs, it changed the country and brought it into the limelight. This book reveals, through the study of oral genres, radio bulletins and the impact of the conflict on literature and the Web, the human history of the war, the role played by the media and the deep scar the conflict left on the bodies and minds of survivors.
Author : Nwana, Pita
Publisher : African Heritage Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781940729176
Omenụkọ (real name: Igwegbe Odum) whose home in Okigwe, Eastern Nigeria, was a popular spot for field trips by students in schools and colleges, as well as a favourite attraction for tourists in the decades before and after the Nigerian Independence in 1960. Generations of Igbo children began their reading in Igbo with Omenụkọ, and those who did not have the opportunity to go to school still read Omenụkọ in their homes or at adult education centers. Omenụkọ was a legendary figure and his 'sayings' became part of the Igbo speech repertoire that young adults were expected to acquire. Omenụkọ, a classic in Igbo Literature, written by Pita Nwana and published in 1933 by Longman, Green & Co, Ltd, London, is in this translation made accessible to a global audience. Emenyonu utilizes his mastery of both languages (Igbo and English) to faithfully present to his audience a complete rendition of Omenụkọ as originally written. The timeless significance of this novel as a progenitor of the Igbo language novel is again underscored.
Author : Joshua Nnadimma Ayozie
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359226740
Author : Kenechukwu Obi
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781435733008
An age-long tradition bars sons and daughters of the rich and the poor from inter-marrying in their land. Then comes this unexpected unique love that dares to challenge the tradition with its guts of steel. This love yields a bond in the conflict which ensues. A bond that makes the reunion of two hearts, which are its source, inevitable; leaving the tradition with only an option it can't help but accept.
Author : Benedict Chidi Nwachukwu-Udaku
Publisher : Author House
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-05
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781463414122
HIV/AIDS constitutes a global problem. A good number of scholars from different nationalities, multiple rationalities, religious sensibilities, theological intelligibilities and ethical, cultural, and ecclesiastical backgrounds have affirmed that this worldwide quagmire constitutes a global health problem and social malady which does not have a well-defined geographically limited spread. The global nature of HIV/AIDS as seen in the statistics does not however undermine the fact that the effects of this sickness are not felt proportionally from one nation to another. This book proposes to situate the local as a veritable site of empowerment for communities dealing with HIV/AIDS, as it is the case with the African continent. The author of this book, over and above the way the problem of HIV/AIDS has been constructed, projected, and reviewed, decided to situate this epidemic of the 20th Century within the socio-cultural and political context of the Nigerian nation with particular reference to the Igbo people. The task of contextualizing this problem reveal the identity of the author as an Igbo, and as a theologian, who engages the indigenous ethical principles, unsophisticated traditional wisdom, cultural and religious values of his people in offering solutions that resonate the cultural identity of his people in dialogue with modern and post-modern constructs.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Arts
ISBN : UCBK:C049651296
Author : Victor Ogbonna
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781514425084
This book is intended to be a source of inspiration to mankind to live according to their own initiatives, contribute toward shaping tomorrow, today, and make the world a better and inclusive place for all and sundry irrespective of faith, race, gender, social status, gay, or straight. It encourages people to strive to unlock their full potentials and acquire sound development program capable of empowering them to heal the world from the wounds inflicted on our society due to greed, hostility, and irrational decisions from bad leadership in many global communities. Our Freedom Palace is a peculiar grassroots message to humanity that change is imperative; therefore, the next generation of our people, specifically the future leaders, ought to be provided with the relevant tools to change the world for good. The tools include, and without any limitation, proper education and truth; they are neither revolution nor agitations but contain elements of both, are interwoven, complement each other, and are inevitable materials vital for creating positive change as per expanding the territories of democracy, respecting legitimate command and control structures, resolving the lingering agonies of slavery with reparations in view, embracing dialogue instead of war, addressing the bitter issues of diseases, poverty, natural and artificial disasters, answering the critical question: Quo Vadis Africa, realizing our unique heritage and championing the courses of literacy, legacy, liberty, law, and most importantly, faithfulness to God Almighty.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010724701
Vol. 1- , spring 1970- , include "A Bibliography of American doctoral dissertations on African literature," compiled by Nancy J. Schmidt.
Author : Raphael Chijoke Njoku
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135528270
Although numerous studies have been made of the Western educated political elite of colonial Nigeria in particular, and of Africa in general, very few have approached the study from a perspective that analyzes the impacts of indigenous institutions on the lives, values, and ideas of these individuals. This book is about the diachronic impact of indigenous and Western agencies in the upbringing, socialization, and careers of the colonial Igbo political elite of southeastern Nigeria. The thesis argues that the new elite manifests the continuity of traditions and culture and therefore their leadership values and the impact they brought on African society cannot be fully understood without looking closely at their lived experiences in those indigenous institutions where African life coheres. The key has been to explore this question at the level of biography, set in the context of a carefully reconstructed social history of the particular local communities surrounding the elite figures. It starts from an understanding of their family and village life, and moves forward striving to balance the familiar account of these individuals in public life, with an account of the ongoing influences from family, kinship, age grades, marriage and gender roles, secret societies, the church, local leaders and others. The result is not only a model of a new approach to African elite history, but also an argument about how to understand these emergent leaders and their peers as individuals who shared with their fellow Africans a dynamic and complex set of values that evolved over the six decades of colonialism.
Author : Nathaniel I. Ndiokwere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000067957096