Le baobab fou
Title | Le baobab fou PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Bugul |
Publisher | |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Acculturation |
ISBN |
The autobiography of a Senegalese woman that investigated post-colonial identity for a young African woman in Belgium. She was a free spirit who not only raised herself in remote, rural Senegal, but also became a "hippie" in Europe, dropping acid and living communally in the era of peace and free love.
The Abandoned Baobab
Title | The Abandoned Baobab PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Bugul |
Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780813927374 |
Despite its unflinching look at our darkest impulses, and at the stark facts of being a colonized African, the book is ultimately inspirational, for it exposes us to a remarkable sensibility and a hard-won understanding of one's place in the world.CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French
Migrating Words and Worlds
Title | Migrating Words and Worlds PDF eBook |
Author | E. Anthony Hurley |
Publisher | Africa World Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780865437012 |
The essays presented here, demonstrating concepts of Pan-Africanism, which, historically, were concerned with colonialism, racial identity, and African unity, extend the discussion of an Africa' that exists beyond the continent and includes the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe.'
Francophone Post-colonial Cultures
Title | Francophone Post-colonial Cultures PDF eBook |
Author | Kamal Salhi |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 492 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780739105689 |
Organized by region, boasting an international roster of contributors, and including summaries of selected creative and critical works and a guide to selected terms and figures, Salhi's volume is an ideal introduction to French studies beyond the canon.
Le baobab fou
Title | Le baobab fou PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Bugul |
Publisher | Editions Présence Africaine |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Authors, Senegalese |
ISBN | 9782708708037 |
The Pull of Postcolonial Nationhood
Title | The Pull of Postcolonial Nationhood PDF eBook |
Author | Ayo A. Coly |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2010-06-23 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0739145134 |
Gender, Migration, and the Claims of Postcolonial Nationhood in Francophone Africa examines three major migrant women writers from Francophone Africa: Ken Bugul, Calixthe Beyala, and Fatou Diome. Coly studies what home means in the context of migration and how gender shapes the meaning of home. This is the first study to bring together migrant women from Francophone Africa. This is also the first study to offer a feminist critique of postnationalist discourses of home, specifically the application of postnationalism to the postcolonial context.
Trouble Showed the Way
Title | Trouble Showed the Way PDF eBook |
Author | Claire C. Robertson |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 1997-11-22 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780253211514 |
"Robertson's book represents a powerful contribution to African social, economic, and women's history. Highly recommended." --Choice "An important resource for anyone interested in the history of women and trade in modern Kenya...." --International Journal of African Historical Studies "... a landmark study, meticulously executed and written.... it will have a wide impact on some of the most significant questions facing the disciplines of history, anthropology, political science, and development economics." --Gracia Clark Herskovitz Award-winner Claire Robertson employs a variety of approaches to analyze and weave together this wide-ranging study. Her book provides an extensive case study of historical transformations in gender, agriculture, residence, and civil society. Based on archival documents, library sources (fiction and nonfiction, primary and secondary), surveys and oral histories, participant observation, and quantitative and qualitative analysis, Robertson breaks new ground by focusing on traders in one commodity, dried staples, and comparing and contrasting the evolution of women's trade with men's trade.