Author: Association for the Study of Caribbean and African Literature in French
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Category : African literature
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Association for the Study of Caribbean and African Literature in French
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African literature
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category : African literature
Languages : en
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African Literature
Author: Jonathan P. Smithe
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781590332900
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
African literature, like the continent itself is enormous and diverse. East Africa's literature is different from West Africa's which is quite different from South Africa's which has different influences on it than North Africa's. Africa's literature is based on a widespread heritage of oral literature, some of which has now been recorded. Arabic influence can be detected as well as European, especially French and English. Legends, myths, proverbs, riddles and folktales form the mother load of the oral literature. This book presents an overview of African literature as well as a comprehensive bibliography, primarily of English language sources. Accessed by subject, author and title indexes.
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781590332900
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
African literature, like the continent itself is enormous and diverse. East Africa's literature is different from West Africa's which is quite different from South Africa's which has different influences on it than North Africa's. Africa's literature is based on a widespread heritage of oral literature, some of which has now been recorded. Arabic influence can be detected as well as European, especially French and English. Legends, myths, proverbs, riddles and folktales form the mother load of the oral literature. This book presents an overview of African literature as well as a comprehensive bibliography, primarily of English language sources. Accessed by subject, author and title indexes.
Oral Literature in Africa
Author: Ruth Finnegan
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1906924708
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1906924708
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Collectanea
Land Delivery Systems in West African Cities
Author: Alain Durand-Lasserve
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464804346
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
This book proposes a new approach for a systemic and dynamic analysis of urban and peri-urban land markets in West Africa and applies it to Bamako, Mali. Based on a description of 'land delivery' processes, it sheds light on the challenges faced by the urban poor in accessing secure land.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464804346
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
This book proposes a new approach for a systemic and dynamic analysis of urban and peri-urban land markets in West Africa and applies it to Bamako, Mali. Based on a description of 'land delivery' processes, it sheds light on the challenges faced by the urban poor in accessing secure land.
Dictionary of St. Lucian Creole
Author: Lawrence D. Carrington
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110126259
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110126259
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Author:
Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN: 2959131800
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN: 2959131800
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Les Bonnes Feuilles
New Serial Titles
Author:
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
Book Description
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
Publisher:
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
Book Description
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.