Legacies of Departed African Women Writers

Matrix of Creativity and Power
Herausgeber: Chukwuma, Helen O.; Opara, Chioma Carol

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Legacies of Departed African Writers analyzes and celebrates the resounding contributions of ten deceased African female writers of contemporary African literature and feminist scholarship, examining the ideologies, thematic concerns, and stylistic devices which constitute the fabrics of the legacies left by these iconic pacesetters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781666914672
• ISBN-10: 1666914673
• Artikelnr.: 70243640

Autorenporträt

Helen O. Chukwuma is professor of English in the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages at Jackson State University. Chioma Carol Opara is professor of English and comparative literature and former director of the Foundation Studies Unit at Rivers State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Resounding Gongs of Fallen Female Heroes
Chioma Carol Opara and Helen O. Chukwuma
Part 1: Affirming the Charismatic Pathfinder: Flora Nwapa
1."Flora Nwapa: The One Who Dwells in Wealth"
Anthonia Kalu
2.Uwa Umunwanyi, Uwa Oma: Flora Nwapa and Women's History and Culture in
Efuru and Idu
Akachi Adimora- Ezeigbo
3.Flora Nwapa, Feminism and the Burden of History
Kemi Wale- Olaitan
4.Flora Nwapa's Efuru: The Personified Goddess
Anthonia Adadevoh
5.Forces and Flaws in Flora Nwapa's Efuru and Idu
Perp St. Remy Asiegbu
Part 2: Orality and Rootedness in Culture and Tradition
6.Wolof Taasu Genre as Narrative Device in Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
Ada Uzoamaka Azodo
7. Non-Verbalized Communication of True Love in Traditional Dholuo in Grace
Ogot's The Promised Land
Eunita Ochola
8.Validation of Culture: A Re-reading of 'Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the Gods
and King Emene: A Tragedy of Rebellion.
Nkem Okoh
Part 3: Interrogating Identity, Autonomy, and H