The literature of language and the language of literature in Africa and the diaspora / edited by Dainess Maganda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maganda, Dainess, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African languages.

Language and languages--Africa--Congresses.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd, 2017.

Summary:

We live in a world that sees and also contesting ideas of Eurocentrism in the interpretation of various issues, including African literatures and cultures. This book seeks to engage readers into a critical examination of the meaning, history, ambiguity, status and perceptions surrounding African languages and literature. It presents current shifts in form and practice surrounding regional, national, and "postcolonial" models towards "world literature" by focusing on African literature as a focal point for understanding perceptions of the world towards African languages and literature. The book shows the importance of wrestling with issues of global aftermaths of slavery, audience, readership, diasporic and transnational connections, as well as digital and social media without undermining the conflicts that literature presents in and on its own merit.

Contents:

Intro

THE LITERATURE OF LANGUAGE AND THE LANGUAGE OF LITERATURE IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA

Table of Contents

Dedication

About the Contributors

CHAPTER ONE Persisting Discussions on Language Issues in Africa

CHAPTER TWO Revisiting the Achebe-Ngugi Debate: The Issue of Language in African Literary Scholarship

CHAPTER THREE Orature Performance and the Language of Postcolonial Angst in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Devil on the cross

CHAPTER FOUR Gender Privileges: An African Perspective

CHAPTER FIVE Gender Construction in Swahili Proverbial Language

CHAPTER SIX TheSelf and the Other in Fagunwa's Forest of a Thousand Daemons

CHAPTER SEVEN The Language of Literature in Foreign Language Textbook

CHAPTER EIGHT Patterns of Interaction in Online Chats: The Case of L2 Swahili Learners

CHAPTER NINE Swahili Pedagogy in the USA: Preliminary Observations

CHAPTER TEN Rethinking African Languages Pedagogy in the Age of Technology

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 20, 2017).

ISBN:

9781909112933

1909112933

OCLC:

1009180668