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Juju Fission: Society and Politics in Africa,, cartea 18

Autor Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 oct 2007
Women, especially leaders, holding tete-a-tetes with men to address political impasses have been recognized as shrewd, double headed, or witchlike distinctions that link them with juju or extraordinary, survivalist powers. "Juju Fission: Women's Alternative Fictions from the Sahara, the Kalahari, and the Oases In-Between" is a theoretical and analytical book on African women writers that focuses on seven representative novels from different parts of Africa: Bessie Head's "Maru" (South Africa/Botswana); Nawal El Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero" (Egypt); Ama Ata Aidoo's "Our Sister Killjoy; or Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint" and "Changes" (Ghana); Assia Djebar's "A Sister to Scheherazade" (Algeria); Calixthe Beyala's "The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me" (Cameroon); and Yvonne Vera's "Nehanda" (Zimbabwe). In her analysis, Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi demonstrates how women are viewed and how they operate in critical times. Ogunyemi explains how the heritage is passed on, in spite of dire situations emanating from colonialism, postcolonialism, ethnicism, sexism, and grinding poverty. An important contribution to many fields, "Juju Fission" is excellent background material for courses on African studies, women's studies, African Diaspora studies, black studies, global studies, and general literature studies."
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ISBN-13: 9781433100895
ISBN-10: 1433100894
Pagini: 317
Dimensiuni: 151 x 228 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Seria Society and Politics in Africa,


Notă biografică

The Author: Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi is Professor of Literature and Founding Chair of Global Studies at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York. The author of Africa Wo/Man Palava: The Nigerian Novel by Women (1996) as well as a study of Richard Wright's Black Boy, Ogunyemi has numerous publications, some of which focus on theoretical issues around womanism.