PI - African 1

Sumérgete en el turbulento mundo de "La lucha por la vida: La busca" de Pío Baroja, una obra maestra que captura la esencia de la lucha y la supervivencia en la sociedad moderna. "La lucha por la vi……続きを見る

En 2013, Abdellah Taïa déclare à un journaliste : « Pour moi, écrire – même quand il s’agit de “fiction” –, c’est raconter son origine, son monde premier, ses premiers cris. » L’écriture de soi est ……続きを見る

Au Diamant, face à la mer, Victor Anicet dit la signifiance de la tombe d’Édouard Glissant ; au morne Bezaudin, Josette Massolin se couche pour embrasser et bénir la terre où l’écrivain naquit. Le c……続きを見る

Sumérgete en el turbulento mundo de "La lucha por la vida: La busca" de Pío Baroja, una obra maestra que captura la esencia de la lucha y la supervivencia en la sociedad moderna. "La lucha por la vi……続きを見る

Examines the state of African poetry today, the continuing influence of Africa's pioneer poets, today's new generation of poets, and their work in written poetry and in the spoken word, continuing o……続きを見る

This book explores literary representations of African immigrant experiences in Western countries, against the backdrop of colonial stereotypes and recent expressions of anti-immigrant sentiment in ……続きを見る

How can traditions be subversive? The kinship between African traditions and novels has been under debate for the better part of a century, but the conversation has stagnated because of a slowness t……続きを見る

How may we conceptualize Africa in the driver’s seat of her own destiny in the twenty-first century? How practically may her cultures become the foundation and driving force of her innovation, devel……続きを見る

In this first edited collection in English on Abdellah Taïa, Denis M. Provencher and Siham Bouamer frame the distinctiveness of the Moroccan author’s migration by considering current scholarship in ……続きを見る

First-hand accounts of how Ngugi wa Thiong'o's life and work have intersected, and the multiple forces that have converged to make him one of the greatest writers to come out of Africa in the twenti……続きを見る

This collection of essays reflects on the life and work of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who celebrated his 80th birthday in 2018. Drawing from a wide range of contributors, including writers, critics, publish……続きを見る

Reveals the importance of the jazz craze in France between the two world wars and the French construction of jazz as a "black music" - an exoticization which had wide-reaching effects on the artisti……続きを見る

Arguably the most decorated and critically acclaimed writer of today, J. M. Coetzee is a deeply intellectual writer. Yet while just about everyone who comes to Coetzee's writing is aware that the vi……続きを見る

What are the cultural implications of Louis Armstrong's 1960 visit to Africa? Why are so many postcolonial novels in French fascinated with jazz? In defining jazz as "black music", France's "jazzoph……続きを見る

New essays examining the intellectual allegiances of Coetzee, arguably the most decorated and critically acclaimed writer of fiction in English today and a deeply intellectual and philosophical writ……続きを見る

The beating of Rodney King and the resulting riots in South Central Los Angeles. The violent clash between Hasidim and African-Americans in Crown Heights. The boats of Haitian refugees being turned ……続きを見る

The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture uses the notion of am?ra – the Egyptian concept of collective and connective agency – to explore the relationship between the Egypt……続きを見る

Hollywood and Africa - recycling the ëDark Continentí myth from 1908ñ2020 is a study of over a century of stereotypical Hollywood film productions about Africa. It argues that the myth of the Dark C……続きを見る

Enoch Zoles is an agnostic, egotistical, collegiate football star, primed to make millions of dollars as a professional football player. But a one-night stand with a seductive vixen leads to a downw……続きを見る

Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resistance, and Revolution: Kriolas Poderozas documents the work and stories told by Cabo Verdean women to refocus the narratives about Cabo Verde on Cabo Ver……続きを見る

This book investigates ‘capitalism and freedom’ーthe guiding forces of many political systemsーin African philosophy. It builds on classical and neoliberal capitalism rooted in private property and ……続きを見る

Recognizing philosophy’s traditional influence onーand literature’s creative stimulus forーsociopolitical discourses, imaginations, and structures, African Philosophical and Literary Possibilities: ……続きを見る

Africans and Globalization: Linguistic, Literary, and Technological Contents and Discontents considers the substance and dissatisfactions of globalization on Africa and its Diaspora. Although variou……続きを見る

The novels of the South African writer J. M. Coetzee won him global recognition and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. His work offers substantial pedagogical richness and challenges. Coetzee tr……続きを見る