Consuming Habits
Consuming Habits

Author: Jordan Goodman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-08

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1134093632

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Covering a wide range of substances, this new edition has been extensively updated, with an updated bibliography and two new chapters on cannabis and khat. Consuming Habits is the perfect companion for all those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages.

African Folklore
African Folklore

Author: Philip M. Peek

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 1509

ISBN-13: 1135948720

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Written by an international team of experts, this is the first work of its kind to offer comprehensive coverage of folklore throughout the African continent. Over 300 entries provide in-depth examinations of individual African countries, ethnic groups, religious practices, artistic genres, and numerous other concepts related to folklore. Featuring original field photographs, a comprehensive index, and thorough cross-references, African Folklore: An Encyclopedia is an indispensable resource for any library's folklore or African studies collection. Also includes seven maps.

Literatures in African Languages
Literatures in African Languages

Author: B. W. Andrzejewski

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1985-11-21

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 0521256461

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Although African literatures in English and French are widely known outside Africa, those in the African languages themselves have not received comparable attention. In this book a number have been selected for survey by fourteen specialist writers, providing the reader with an introduction to this very wide field and a body of reference material which includes extensive bibliographies and biographical information on African authors. Theoretical issues such as genre divisions are discussed in the essays and the historical, social and political forces at work in the creation and reception of African literature are examined. Literature is treated as an art whose medium is language, so that both the oral and written forms are encompassed. This book will be of value not only to readers concerned with the cultures of Africa but to all those with an interest in the literary phenomena of the world in general.