Author : Maryse Condé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000022287083
The Children of Segu
Maryse Condé
The Children Of Segu
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Segu
Maryse Condé
Author : Maryse Condé
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0241293510
Segu by Maryse Condé Pdf
The bestselling epic novel of family, treachery, rivalry, religious fervour and the turbulent fate of a royal African dynasty It is 1797 and the African kingdom of Segu, born of blood and violence, is at the height of its power. Yet Dousika Traore, the king's most trusted advisor, feels nothing but dread. Change is coming. From the East, a new religion, Islam. From the West, the slave trade. These forces will tear his country, his village and the lives of his beloved sons apart, in Maryse Cond�'s glittering epic. 'Rich and colorful and glorious. It sprawls over continents and centuries to find its way into the reader's heart' - Maya Angelou 'A stunning reaffirmation of Africa and its peoples... It's a starburst' - John A. Williams
Segu
Maryse Condé
Author : Maryse Condé
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173026990343
Segu by Maryse Condé Pdf
A powerful novel of Africa's history and the men and women who determined its fate. From the East came Islam. From the West, the slave trade. The battle for Africa's soul had begun... "A wondrous novel about a period of African history few other writers have addressed... Much of the novel's radiance comes from the lush descriptions of a traditional life that is both exotic and violent." -THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Segu is an overwhelming accomplishment. It injects into the density of history characters who are as alive as you and I. Passionate, lusty, greedy, they are in conflict with themselves as well as with God and Mammon. Maryse Conde has done us all a tremendous service by rendering history so compelling and exciting. Segu is a literary masterpiece I could not put down." -LOUISE MERIWETHER
The African Diaspora
Isidore Okpewho,Carole Boyce Davies,Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui
Author : Isidore Okpewho,Carole Boyce Davies,Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0253214947
The African Diaspora by Isidore Okpewho,Carole Boyce Davies,Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui Pdf
"This book examines the character of New World black cultures and their relationships with the plural societies within which they function. This volume seeks a balanced look at the fate of the African presence in Western society as well as insights into the sources of periodic conflict between blacks and others."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
The Children of Segu
Maryse Condé
Author : Maryse Condé
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173026990332
The Children of Segu by Maryse Condé Pdf
In the exciting sequel to Segu, Maryse Conde paints a richly complex portraitof the troubled African continent during the second half of the 19th century.
African Novels in the Classroom
Margaret Jean Hay
Author : Margaret Jean Hay
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Africa
ISBN : 1555878784
African Novels in the Classroom by Margaret Jean Hay Pdf
Many teachers of African studies have found novels to be effective assignments in courses. In this guide, teachers describe their favourite African novels - drawn from all over the continent - and share their experiences of using them in the classroom.
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
Maryse Condé
Author : Maryse Condé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Autobiographical fiction
ISBN : 0813927676
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé Pdf
CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from FrenchThis book has been supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agencY
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women
Mia E. Bay,Farah J. Griffin,Martha S. Jones,Barbara D. Savage
Author : Mia E. Bay,Farah J. Griffin,Martha S. Jones,Barbara D. Savage
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469620923
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women by Mia E. Bay,Farah J. Griffin,Martha S. Jones,Barbara D. Savage Pdf
Despite recent advances in the study of black thought, black women intellectuals remain often neglected. This collection of essays by fifteen scholars of history and literature establishes black women's places in intellectual history by engaging the work of writers, educators, activists, religious leaders, and social reformers in the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean. Dedicated to recovering the contributions of thinkers marginalized by both their race and their gender, these essays uncover the work of unconventional intellectuals, both formally educated and self-taught, and explore the broad community of ideas in which their work participated. The end result is a field-defining and innovative volume that addresses topics ranging from religion and slavery to the politicized and gendered reappraisal of the black female body in contemporary culture. Contributors are Mia E. Bay, Judith Byfield, Alexandra Cornelius, Thadious Davis, Corinne T. Field, Arlette Frund, Kaiama L. Glover, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, Natasha Lightfoot, Sherie Randolph, Barbara D. Savage, Jon Sensbach, Maboula Soumahoro, and Cheryl Wall.
The Politics of Time
Achille Mbembe,Felwine Sarr
Author : Achille Mbembe,Felwine Sarr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781509551118
The Politics of Time by Achille Mbembe,Felwine Sarr Pdf
As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, the world is undergoing a major historical shift: Africa, and the Global South more generally, is increasingly becoming a principal theatre in which the future of the planet plays itself out. But not only this: Africa is at the same time emerging as one of the great laboratories for novel forms of social, economic, political, intellectual, cultural, and artistic life. Often arising in unexpected places, these new forms of life materialize in practices that draw deeply from collective memory while simultaneously assuming distinctly contemporary, even futuristic, guises. In November 2017, the second session of the Ateliers de la pensée – Workshops of Thought – was held in Dakar, Senegal. Fifty African and diasporic intellectuals and artists participated and their debates unfolded along numerous thematic lines, approached from the standpoints of many different disciplines. This volume is the result of that encounter. Among the many topics discussed were the concurrence and entanglement of multiple temporalities, the politics of life in the Anthropocene, the project of decolonization, and the preservation and transmission of different ways of knowing. At a time when the world is haunted by the specter of its own end, the contributors to this volume ask whether one can, by taking Africa as a point of departure, seize hold of other options for the future – not only for Africa, but for the world. The Politics of Time and its companion volume, To Write the Africa World, will be indispensable works for anyone interested in Africa – its past, present, and future – and in the new forms of critical thought emerging from Africa and the Global South.
Black Imagination and the Middle Passage
Maria Diedrich,Henry Louis Gates,Carl Pedersen
Author : Maria Diedrich,Henry Louis Gates,Carl Pedersen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-10-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780195352139
Black Imagination and the Middle Passage by Maria Diedrich,Henry Louis Gates,Carl Pedersen Pdf
This volume of essays examines the forced dispossession caused by the Middle Passage. The book analyzes the texts, religious rites, economic exchanges, dance, and music it elicited, both on the transatlantic journey and on the American continent. The totality of this collection establishes a broad topographical and temporal context for the Passage that extends from the interior of Africa across the Atlantic and to the interior of the Americas, and from the beginning of the Passage to the present day. A collective narrative of itinerant cultural consciousness as represented in histories, myths, and arts, these contributions conceptualize the meaning of the Middle Passage for African American and American history, literature, and life.
Conversations with Maryse Condä
Maryse Condä,Franöoise Pfaff
Author : Maryse Condä,Franöoise Pfaff
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803237138
Conversations with Maryse Condä by Maryse Condä,Franöoise Pfaff Pdf
This book is an exploration of the life and art of Maryse Condi, who first won international acclaim for Segu, a novel about West African experience and the slave trade. Born in Guadeloupe in 1937, Condi lived in Guinea after it won its independence from France. Later she lived in Ghana and Senegal during turbulent, decisive moments in the histories of these countries. Her writings-novels, plays, essays, stories, and children's books-have led her to an increasingly important role within Africa and throughout the world. Frangoise Pfaff met Maryse Condi in 1981, when she first interviewed her. Their friendship grew quickly. In 1991 the two women continued recording conversations about Condi's geographical sojourns and literary paths, her personality, and her thoughts. Their conversations reveal connections between Condi's vivid art and her eventful, passionate life. In her encounters with historical and literary figures, and in her opinions on politics and culture, Condi appears as an engaging witness to her time. The conversations frequently sparkle with humor; at other moments they are infused with profound seriousness. Maryse Condi is the recipient of the French literary awards Le Grand Prix Littiraire de la Femme and Le Prix de l'Acadimie Frangaise. She currently teaches at Columbia University and her most recent works include Tree of Life and Crossing the Mangrove. Born and educated in Paris, Frangoise Pfaff is a professor of French at Howard University. The translator of this book, she is also the author of Twenty-five Black African Filmmakers: A Critical Study, with Filmography and Bio-Bibliography and The Cinema of Ousmane Sembene, A Pioneer of African Cinema. Entretiens avecMaryse Condi was first published in France in 1993.
This is the Canon
Joan Anim-Addo,Deirdre Osborne,Kadija Sesay
Author : Joan Anim-Addo,Deirdre Osborne,Kadija Sesay
Publisher : Greenfinch
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781529414608
This is the Canon by Joan Anim-Addo,Deirdre Osborne,Kadija Sesay Pdf
'A vital and timely introduction to some of the best books I've ever read. Perfectly curated and filled with brilliant literature' Nikesh Shukla 'The ultimate introduction to post-colonial literature for those who want to understand the classics and the pioneers in this exciting area of books' Symeon Brown These are the books you should read. This is the canon. Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne and Kadija Sesay have curated a decolonized reading list that celebrates the wide and diverse experiences of people from around the world, of all backgrounds and all races. It disrupts the all-too-often white-dominated 'required reading' collections that have become the accepted norm and highlights powerful voices and cultural perspectives that demand a place on our shelves. From literary giants such as Toni Morrison and Chinua Achebe to less well known (but equally vital) writers such as Caribbean novelist Earl Lovelace or Indigenous Australian author Tony Birch, the novels recommended here are in turn haunting and lyrical; innovative and inspiring; edgy and poignant. The power of great fiction is that readers have the opportunity to discover new worlds and encounter other beliefs and opinions. This is the Canon offers a rich and multifaceted perspective on our past, present and future which deserves to be read by all bibliophiles - whether they are book club members or solitary readers, self-educators or teachers.
Yale French Studies, Number 140
Madeleine Dobie,Kaiama L. Glover
Author : Madeleine Dobie,Kaiama L. Glover
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780300259407
Yale French Studies, Number 140 by Madeleine Dobie,Kaiama L. Glover Pdf
A diverse, interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring what makes Maryse Condé a writer for our times In 2018, the New Academy selected Guadeloupean writer, scholar, and teacher of literature Maryse Condé as the recipient of the 2018 Alternative Nobel Prize in Literature. This volume of Yale French Studies examines Condé's work and legacy, exploring why a diverse group of journalists, critics, and lay readers selected her as the writer most deserving of the prize. Varied in their themes, forms, and disciplinary groundings, the essays consider how Condé's novels, plays, essays, and memoirs have engaged with many of the urgent social, economic, and political issues of the late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries, often anticipating and catalyzing public debates. Written by scholars from Africa, the Antilles, South America, France, and the United States, the essays consider Condé's unique voice and the ways in which her writing speaks to readers all over the world, making her "a writer for our times."
Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire
Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Author : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781438119069
Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire by Mary Ellen Snodgrass Pdf
Examines the world's greatest literature about empires and imperialism, including more than 200 entries on writers, classic works, themes, and concepts.
A Season in Rihata
Maryse Condé
Author : Maryse Condé
Publisher : London : Heinemann
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173026990376
A Season in Rihata by Maryse Condé Pdf
"In Rihata, a small, sleepy backwater town in a fictitious African state, a couple and their family struggle to come to terms with each other against a background of political manoeuvring and upheaval."--Back cover.