The African Storyteller
Author: Harold Scheub
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 518
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Author: Harold Scheub
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 518
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Matthew H. Brown
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Published: 2017-08-14
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781524921989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Evan Turk
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2016-06-28
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 1481435183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city.
Author: Chinua Achebe
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1994-09-01
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0385474547
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.
Author: Harold Scheub
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780195124576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of fascinating and revealing tales captures the sprawling diversity of African mythology. Four hundred alphabetically arranged entries touch on virtually every aspect of African religious belief, from Africa's great epic themes (dualistic gods, divine tricksters, creator gods, and heroes) to descriptions of major mythic systems (the Dogon, the Asante, and the San) and beyond. Scheub covers the entire continent, from the mouth of the Nile to the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, including North African as well as sub-Saharan cultures. His retellings provide information about the respective belief system, the main characters, and related stories or variants. Perhaps most important, Scheub emphasizes the role of mythmaker as storyteller--as a performer for an audience. He studies various techniques, from the rhythmic movements of a Zulu mythmaker's hands to the way a storyteller will play on the familiar context of other myths within her cultural context. An invaluable bridge to the richly diverse oral cultures of Africa, this collection uncovers a place where story and storyteller, tradition and performance, all merge.
Author: Bertram D. Ashe
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 0415939542
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Linda Goss
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1989-11-15
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13: 0671671685
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains almost 100 stories by famous yarn-spinners from the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean, ranging from ghost stories to ghetto adventures.
Author: Gcina Mhlophe
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Published: 2019-09-01
Total Pages: 99
ISBN-13: 1782854444
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis anthology includes eight traditional tales from all over Africa. Sumptuous hand-sewn collage artwork decorated with African beads adorns these unforgettable tales of bravery, wisdom, wit and heroic deeds
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9780840389312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSuggests the authority and splendor of storytelling in Africa, from earlier times to the present.
Author: Thomas Mofolo
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: 2013-05-21
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1478609729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChaka is a genuine masterpiece that represents one of the earliest major contributions of black Africa to the corpus of modern world literature. Mofolos fictionalized life-story account of Chaka (Shaka), translated from Sesotho by D. P. Kunene, begins with the future Zulu kings birth followed by the unwarranted taunts and abuse he receives during childhood and adolescence. The author manipulates events leading to Chakas status of great Zulu warrior, conqueror, and king to emphasize classic tragedys psychological themes of ambition and power, cruelty, and ultimate ruin. Mofolos clever nods to the supernatural add symbolic value. Kunenes fine translation renders the dramatic and tragic tensions in Mofolos tale palpable as the richness of the authors own culture is revealed. A substantial introduction by the translator provides valuable context for modern readers.