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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “olabode ibironke”
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  • Remapping African Literature

    by Olabode Ibironke ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book is an exploration of the material conditions of the production of African literature. Drawing on the archives of Heinemann’s African Writers Series, it highlights the procedures, relationships, demands, ideologies, and counterpressures engendered by the publication of three major authors: Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and Ngugi wa Thiongo. As a study of the history and techniques of ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Rethinking African Cultural Production

    by Eileen M. Julien, Olabode Ibironke, Moradewun Adejunmobi, Tejumola Olaniyan, Lamia Benyoussef, Safoi Babana-Hampton, Valérie K. Orlando, Mária Minich Brewer, Magali Compan ...
    Frieda Ekotto, Kenneth W. Harrow, and an international group of scholars set forth new understandings of the conditions of contemporary African cultural production in this forward-looking volume. Arguing that it is impossible to understand African cultural productions without knowledge of the structures of production, distribution, and reception that surround them, the essays grapple with the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    African Travel Guide for Kids

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Explore the World Books
    See wild animals in their natural habitat when you go on a virtual tour of Africa. This culture-rich expanse is a trove of knowledge on biodiversity and how wild animals and humans live and interact with each other. Use this book to raise awareness on the importance of wildlife. Grab a copy now! ... Read more

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  • Creating Postcolonial Literature

    African Writers and British Publishers

    by C. Davis ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Using case studies, this book explores the publishing of African literature, addressing the construction of literary value, relationships between African writers and British publishers, and importance of the African market. It analyses the historical, political and economic conditions framing the emergence of postcolonial literature. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Heart of Darkness

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide. The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded together ... Read more

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  • The Truth About Awiti

    by CP Patrick ...
    There is a commonly held belief the tropical storms and hurricanes that form off the coast of West Africa are not natural disasters, but rather they are retaliation by restless spirits impacted by one of the darkest chapters of world history—the trans-Atlantic slave trade.Awiti’s destiny was forever changed the day the slave raiders arrived at her village. She made a life-altering decision with ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Cleopatra

    Last Queen of Egypt

    by Joyce Tyldesley ...
    The Romans regarded her as "fatale monstrum" -- a fatal omen. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. But who was Cleopatra, really?We almost feel that we know Cleopatra, but our distorted image of a self-destructive beauty does no justice to Cleopatra's true genius. In Cleopatra, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers ... Read more

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  • The Ayesha Collection

    by H. Rider Haggard ...
    Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents.H. Rider Haggard was an English author best known for writing adventure novels that were set in exotic locations. Haggard is also notable for being one of the first ... Read more

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  • Something Torn and New

    An African Renaissance

    by Ngugi wa Thiong'o ...
    Novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o has been a force in African literature for decades: Since the 1970s, when he gave up the English language to commit himself to writing in African languages, his foremost concern has been the critical importance of language to culture. In Something Torn and New, Ngugi explores Africa's historical, economic, and cultural fragmentation by slavery, colonialism, and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Literature Police

    Apartheid Censorship and Its Cultural Consequences

    by Peter D. McDonald ...
    'Censorship may have to do with literature', Nadine Gordimer once said, 'but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship.' As the history of many repressive regimes shows, this vital borderline has seldom been so clearly demarcated. Just how murky it can sometimes be is compellingly exemplified in the case of apartheid South Africa. For reasons that were neither obvious nor historically ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Esan People of Nigeria, West Africa

    by Eve Ikuenobe-Otaigbe ...
    This work is mainly an editorial compilation of excerpts from different authors, yours truly included. As such, I do not claim original authorship of some of the content. I want to thank Prof Simon Ehiabhi, Mr. Iseribhor Okhueleigbe, Mr. Sylvester Omosun, Dr. Ayodele Akinrinwale and Dr. Tamuno Takena for their permission and excitement upon being broached to use some of their works in this ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Summary and Analysis of Americanah

    Based on the Book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    by Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Americanah tells you what you need to know before or after you read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie includes:Chapter-by-chapter overview... ... Read more

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