Myth, Literature and the African World

Reducere. Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the foremost living African writers, here analyses the interconnecting worlds of ...

Explores the epistemological possibilities of the 'Black world' paradigm and traces a literary and cultural cartography of the monde noir and its c...

DescriptionDuring the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaign...

DescriptionTales of East Africa is a collection of 22 traditional tales from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Welcome to a world of magical adventure--...

Reducere. A landmark volume, The Africana Bible gathers multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on every book in the Hebrew Bible. It opens a critic...

Reducere. DescriptionBuilding on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, The World of Myth, Third Edition, offers a uniquely comprehensive collectio...

Hountondji... writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa.... Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as nece...

DescriptionSub-Saharan Africa is a land of colourful contrasts and diverse cultures. Despite the destructive influences of colonialism and the slav...

West African traditions and folklore delight in tales of animals and tricksters. From Nigeria to Benin, to the cunning spider Anansi, animals teach...

Reducere. 33. AFRICAN DIONYSUS: FROM EGYPT TO GREECE: The Kamitan Origins of Greek Culture and Religion ISBN: 1-884564-47-X FROM EGYPT TO GREECE This insight...

Reducere. The author picked up his love of folk tales from his father and his uncle, Okuma Totokpuiti Gamega. In the evening, the kids and some adults sat in...

The modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda inherit the folk and mythic tales of the rift valley region. Here you'll find sto...

What if everything you've learned about inflation is wrong? The Inflation Myth and the Wonderful World of Deflation illustrates our rapidly changin...

Reducere. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has been reputed to have opposed enslavement and later racial injustices. Many members, however, enslave...

African Independence is a dynamic discussion of how Africa shapes world events today. Tukufu Zuberi weaves interview excerpts and stories from many...

Reducere. DescriptionThe African continent is home to a fascinating and strong tradition of myth, due in part to the long history of human habitation in Afri...

Reducere. As you study the African myths, legends, and folklore through this guide, you will find that there are so many gods and goddesses, and so many diff...

Ireland is home to one of the world's great literary and artistic traditions. This book reads Irish literature and art in context of the island's c...

This book is for readers interested in how literature tackles climate change, 'petro-culture', extinction, and the proposed 'human' epoch of the An...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. IN presenting these stories, which are of deep interest and value to South Africans, I hope they may prove of some value to those Americans who hav...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The African Mask - Gunter Gerngross

An erudite, engaging literary enquiry into the meaning of midlife.

The book provides a comprehensive survey of Irish literature and its multi-faceted environmental themes. Lucid analyses of well-known and forgotten...

DescriptionAfrica south of the Sahara is a land of wide-ranging traditions and varying cultures. Despite the diversity and the lack of early writte...

Between June and July 2010, 64 games of football determined that Spain was the world's best team at the World Cup in South Africa. South Africans -...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A study of Africa's demographics - its youth and growth - and what they mean for the continent, today and into the future.Publisher: Head of ZeusAu...

Reducere. The lush landscape and subtropical climate of the Georgia coast only enhance the air of mystery enveloping some of its inhabitants--people who owe,...

Sàngó in Africa and the African Diaspora is a multidisciplinary, transregional exploration of Sàngó religious traditions in West Africa and beyond....

Reducere. 1. Aminataby Alune Wade & Harold LopezNussa4: 582. Jammoby Le Sahel3: 313. Mameby Alune5: 114. Paysanby Michel Pinheiro's African Salsa Orchestra4:...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book was assembled by a scholar of language and religion in order to bring together the best collection of the oldest stories known...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Astonishing Color of After meets Eleanor & Park in this breathtaking and beautifully surreal story about a friendship between two te...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 0; 4 Line drawings, black and whiteNumber of pages: 184Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 229 ...

In this bold new study of twentieth-century American writing and poetics, Natalia Cecire argues that experimental writing should be understood as a...

This timely volume presents a rich and absorbing selection of extracts from around two hundred leading literary critics of the last several decades...

This is a book for readers who are fascinated by the Moon and the earliest speculations about life on other worlds. It takes the reader on a journe...

"Fairy tales and sagas are comparable to a good angel, granted human beings as a companion from birth on their life's wanderings, to be a trustwort...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you liked the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, you will enjoy this book.Ever wondered what the Greek myths look like through the...

Argues for the centrality of sonnet writing to African American poetry, focusing on significant sonnets, key anthologies, and critical debates abou...

Reducere. Dominion is the first anthology of speculative fiction and poetry by Africans and the African Diaspora. An old god rises up each fall to test his s...

Reducere. Dominion is the first anthology of speculative fiction and poetry by Africans and the African Diaspora. An old god rises up each fall to test his s...

Reducere. Between 1730 and 1750, Domingos Alvares traversed the colonial Atlantic world like few Africans of his time--from Africa to South America to Europe...

Reducere. DescriptionOnce upon a time, there was a very curious girl. Her name was Pandora and she was curious about everything you can imagine.More than any...

DescriptionEarly in 1977, thousands of artists, writers, musicians, activists and scholars from Africa and the Black diaspora assembled in Lagos fo...

This book offers a broad overview of American environmental literature and criticism. Demonstrating links between ecocriticism and fields such as B...

This volume offers a rigorous yet accessible overview of the key questions and intersectional approaches pertaining to American literature and the ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...