African youth in contemporary literature and popular culture : identity quest / edited by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Lindah Mhando.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian S.

Contributor:

Mhando, Lindah.

Series:

Routledge African studies ; 13.

Routledge African studies ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature--20th century--History and criticism.

African literature.

African literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Youth--Africa--Social conditions.

Youth.

Youth in literature.

Youth in mass media.

Children in literature.

African American youth in literature.

Social conditions.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xii, 255 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Contents:

African youth : cultural identity in literature, media and imagined spaces / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Lindah Mhando

Gender bending and identity construction in Jelloun's The sand child / Lindah Mhando and Vivian Yenika-Agbaw

Childhood creative spaces and survival spaces in Sade Adeniran's Imagine this / Suzanne Marie Ondrus

Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory : a critique on the tradition of "testing" / Renee Latchman

Sankofa's songbirds : African American children as culture bearers in jazz-infused children's literature / Ada McKenzie

African American boys' responses to illustrations and text involving black inmates and gangsters in multicultural children's literature / Mary Ellen Oslick

The global outsiders and colonized : African child soldiers and inner-city African American teen gangsters in adolescent literature / Yoo Kyung Sung

Continuing the conversation : consider morality in African diaspora nonfiction picture books / Shanetia Clark and Barbara A. Marinak

The exotic, mysterious and "darkest Africa" / Seemi Aziz

Breaking barriers : African knowledge systems as windows to understanding African childhood in a United States social studies classroom / Lewis Asimeng-Boahene

The rise of Sheng : a socio-linguistic revolution from below / Michael Wairungu

How African youth control their identities through social media / Stephen Ekema-Agbaw and Vivian Yenika-Agbaw

Social media and North African Arab Spring youth identity / Wafa Hozien

Nollywood whispers as a beacon of hope for youths / Agatha Ada Ukata

"Planète jeunes" : African youth cultures and globalization / Nalova Westbrook.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415709059

9780415709057

1315885778

9781315885773

OCLC:

837146841