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31. Heroism and the Supernatural in the African Epic

    By Mariam Konaté Deme

    Series: African Studies

    There exists a strong tendency within Western literary criticism to either deny the existence of epics in Africa or to see African literatures as exotic copies of European originals. In both cases, Western criticism has largely failed to acknowledge the distinctiveness of African...

    Published June 23rd 2010 by Routledge
32. The African Origins of Rhetoric

    By Cecil Blake

    Series: African Studies

    Through a critical analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises Cecil Blake revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the "darkness metaphor" -- the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans. Blake offers a thorough examination of...

    Published June 3rd 2010 by Routledge
33. A Roadmap for Understanding African Politics

    Leadership and Political Integration in Nigeria

    By Victor Oguejiofor Okafor

    Series: African Studies

    This book examines the impact of post-colonial leadership on political integration in Nigeria, offering an in-depth understanding of the historical and contemporary forces that shape Nigeria's national politics as well as African politics generally. Okafor discusses how Nigeria's pre-colonial and...

    Published April 28th 2009 by Routledge
34. The Human Cost of African Migrations

    Edited by Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi

    Series: African Studies

    In an era of globalization, population growth, and displacements, migration is now a fact of life in a constantly shifting economic and political world order. This book contributes to the discourse on the beneficiaries, benefactors, and the casualties of African displacement. While the few existing...

    Published March 5th 2009 by Routledge
35. Nefer

    The Aesthetic Ideal in Classical Egypt

    By Willie Cannon-Brown

    Series: African Studies

    This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine the dimensions of nefer, the term used to describe the good and the beautiful, within the context of ordinary life. Because the book is based upon original research on ancient Egypt...

    Published November 15th 2006 by Routledge
36. Nyansapo (The Wisdom Knot)

    Toward an African Philosophy of Education

    By Kwadwo A. Okrah

    Series: African Studies

    This study examines the issues of indigenous philosophies, which are embedded in different aspects of socialization process among the Akan of Ghana. The research explores the possibility of forging a new future that builds on the positive aspects of their past and present and on carefully chosen...

    Published September 29th 2003 by Routledge
37. The Athens of West Africa

    A History of International Education at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone

    By Daniel J. Paracka, Jr.

    Series: African Studies

    This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (...

    Published September 29th 2003 by Routledge
38. Kwame Nkrumah's Contribution to Pan-African Agency

    An Afrocentric Analysis

    By Daryl Zizwe Poe

    Series: African Studies

    This study analyzes contributions made by Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) to the development of Pan-African agency from the 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester to the military coup d'etat of Nkrumah's government in February 1966....

    Published July 2nd 2003 by Routledge