Brings together experiences of teachers of African literature from around the world in the context of technological change.
Focuses on theoretical and pedagogical approaches to the teaching of African Literature on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. The publication of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart in 1958 drew universal attention not only to contemporary African creative imagination, but also established the art of the modern African novel. In 1986, Wole Soyinka became the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, and opened the 'gate' for other African writers. By the close of the 20th century, African Literature had gained world-wide acceptance and legitimacy in the academy and featured on the literature curriculum of schools and colleges across the globe. This specialissue of African Literature Today, examines the diverse experiences of teachers of African Literature across regional, racial, cultural and national boundaries. It explores such issues as student responses, productive pedagogical innovations, the impact of modern technology, case studies of online teaching, teaching Criticism of African Literature, and teaching African Literature in an age of multiculturalism. It is intended as an invaluable teacher's handbook and essential student companion for the effective study of African Literature.
Ernest Emenyonu is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA; the editorial board is composed of scholars from US, UK and African universities
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Recenzijas
Not only does it continue to honor its pledge to be a forum for discovering new talents, but, with this latest issue, African Literature Today expands the territory of African literature by covering the subject of current instructional strategies. * RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES *
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| Editorial Article Half a century of teaching African Literature in the Academy |
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Teaching Ben Okri's The Famished Road & Syl Cheney-Coker's The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar |
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What Has Criticism Got To Do With It?; Teaching Theory & Criticism in African Literary Studies |
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Teaching African Literature in an Era of Technology: A Case Study of Coppin State University |
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Teaching African Literature Online in America: A University of Michigan-Flint Initiative |
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Patricia Thornton Emenyonu |
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Teaching African Literature in an Age of Multiculturalism |
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Challenges & Prospects of Teaching Oral Literature in Africa: A Teacher's Perspective |
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Teaching & Reading Doris Lessing's `The Antheap' |
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The Francophone Novel of Africa & the Caribbean: A Teacher's Perspective |
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Teaching about Africa through Literature, Film & Music |
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Teaching African Oral Literature: A Nigerian Perspective |
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Teaching African Literature without Redaction & Stasis |
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Obi Nwakanma: Christopher Okigbo, 1930-67: Thirsting for Sunlight |
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Roger Field: Alex la Guma: A Literary & Political Biography |
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Ewald Mengel, Michela Borzaga & Karin Orantes (eds): Trauma, Memory & Narrative in South Africa: Interviews |
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Malika Ndlovu: Invisible Earthquake: A woman's journal through stillbirth & Fiona Zerbst: Oleander |
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Helen Moffett: Strange Fruit |
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John Conteh-Morgan & Irene Assiba d'Almeida: The Original Explosion That Created Worlds: Essays on Werewere Liking's Art & Writings |
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ERNEST N. EMENYONU is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012). CHIMALUM NWANKWO is Writer-in-Residence, Department of English and Literary Studies, Veritas University, Abuja, Nigeria. He has previously taught at the Universities of Nigeria, East Carolina-Greenville, North Carolina A & T State University-Greensboro, where he was Professor of English and World Literatures and Former Chair of the Department of English, Nigeria Turkish Nile University in Abuja. He was Guest Editor of ALT 30 Reflections & Retrospectives. His other critical studies include Of the Deepest Shadows and The Prisons of Fire (2010) and Toward the kingdom of Woman and Man: The Works of Ngugi wa Thiongo (1992). He is also an acclaimed poet, who has published five volumes of poetry, including The Womb in the Heart and Other Poems and Lovesong for Julian Assange & Poems from Love Mountain. ERNEST N. EMENYONU is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012).
