is written in English‚ French‚ Portuguese and Native African Language. 2. Ali A. Mazrui 3. Wole Soyinka III. THEMES Pre-Colonial Era 1. Praising virtues and Condemning vices in society. Colonial Era 1. Liberation‚ Independence and Negritude. Post-Colonial African Literature 1. Clash between Africa’s past and present 2. Clash between tradition and modernity 3. Clash between indigenous and foreign 4. Clash between individualism and community 5. Clash between socialism
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Fauset was a cultured‚ well-bred woman‚ a close associate of Du Bois viewed France as fair and free‚ however based on her writings which utilized French settings‚ philosophy‚ and education abroad in her writings. In her novel‚ There Is Confusion‚ published in 1924‚ she notes the hardships due to segregation in the U. S. Army that had already been notated by Dubois in The Crisis. To continue‚ Fauset wrote stories beginning in a visit in 1924 depicting American soldiers in France‚ clearly stating how
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expansion‚ requiring greater agricultural and industrial output. Family structure changes‚ life span increases‚ and more goods are available‚ yet inequalities deepen as decent education and good health determine social status as never before. Negritude Statement of the virtues of the black identity and the validation of African culture and the African past‚ even in the westernizing world. This idea was shaped in the 1930s by African and African American intellectuals like Senegal’s first president
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Albert Chinualamogue Achebe‚ author of Things Fall Apart‚ was born into a large African village known as Ogidi in Nigeria. He would go on to receive his education in English‚ nonetheless‚ he would obtain an upbringing that was multi-cultured. This would no doubt be due to the town of Ogini‚ in the early 20th century‚ continuing traditions. While in college he would discover an interest in Indigenous Nigerians‚ furthermore‚ he would reject his Christian name Albert and instead standing by his indigenous
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The Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka The Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka (born 1935) was one of the few African writers to denounce the slogan of Negritude as a tool of autocracy. He also was the first black African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wole Soyinka was born July 13‚ 1934 in Abeokuta a village on the banks of the River Ogun in the western area of Nigeria. His mother was a Christian convert so devout that he nicknamed her "Wild Christian" and he father was the scholarly
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In an interview with Mr. James Ferguson‚ an English writing critic‚ Patrick Chamoiseau‚ the Martiniquan novelist‚ complained that "Martinique is cut off from the rest of the Caribbean". It is a statement which recognises the extent to which various forms of colonialism has fragmented the region into self-contained linguistic pockets‚ giving rise to cultural and other forms of isolation. As a result‚ different parts of the Caribbean find it difficult to communicate or be in touch with other parts
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We were asked to read the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” written by Chinua Achebe. The story was about a young man from Ibo‚ Nnaemeka‚ who was from the Igbo/Ibo tribe and who was now living in the city of Lagos. Nmaemeka who went home to talk to his father about a girl named Nene whom he was deeply in love with. Okeke‚ his father‚ refuses to accept Nene as his son’s wife in the future. In fact‚ Okeke has chosen a wife for Nmaemeka who was Ugoye Nweke. Ugoye was a girl who Okeke believes to
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After the Cold War and World War II many changes took place all across the world. The catalyst for Sub-Saharan Africa reshaping its national identity was Ghana becoming emancipated from British rule in 1957. The national identity for a country or even a region is tied in with that particular area’s overall success. Ghana and Kenya were greatly impacted by this new forming identity. In order to make Sub-Saharan Africa a better place some things were required to change and others were allowed to continue
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The Wretched of the Earth Colonialism is an integral part of the history of the planet. It is the reason why so many nations have stark cultural similarities with others. Colonialism is responsible for many people being able to understand each other through speaking the same language. Colonialism was the start of the recent phenomenon called globalization. This earth has seen colonialism for many centuries as far back as ancient Greek and Egyptian civilization. Colonialism‚ as we know it today
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Caribbean Studies Definitions Term | Definition | Tectonic activity | Earth movements that impact and influence the surface of the earth resulting in earthquakes‚ volcanic activity and mountain building are when plate margins interact with each other. | ENSO | El Niño- Southern Oscillation. El nin͂o refers to the warming of the sea surface in the equatorial Pacific‚ which leads to the atmospheric changes known as the Southern Oscillation and rainfall and temperature variations globally. |
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