African Novels in the Classroom

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 2000

African Novels in the Classroom

Edited by: Margaret Jean Hay

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685859237

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Experienced college teachers describe in practical detail how they use novels to great advantage in teaching African studies.

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Introduction Margaret Jean Hay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Peter Abrahams’s A Wreath for Udomo Richard Rathbone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2 Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart Martin A. Klein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3 Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Emmanuel Akyeampong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4 Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter James A. Pritchett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
5 Driss Chraïbi’s Mother Comes of Age Janice Spleth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
6 Lindsey Collen’s The Rape of Sita Beverly B. Mack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
7 Maryse Condé’s Segu Joye Bowman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
8 Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions Bill Bravman and Mary Montgomery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
9 Modikwe Dikobe’s The Marabi Dance Iris Berger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
10 Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood Misty L. Bastian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
11 Buchi Emecheta’s The Slave Girl Kathleen Sheldon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
12 Nuruddin Farah’s Gifts Lidwien Kapteijns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
13 Elsa Joubert’s Poppie Nongena Jeanne Penvenne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
14 J. Nozipo Maraire’s Zenzele: Letters to My Daughter Karen R. Keim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
15 Meja Mwangi’s Going Down River Road Charles Ambler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
16 Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat Margaret Jean Hay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
17 Djibril Tamsir Niane’s Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali Curtis A. Keim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
18 Flora Nwapa’s Efuru Sandra E. Greene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
19 Ferdinand Oyono’s Houseboy Barbara M. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
20 Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North Farouk Topan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
21 Ousmane Sembene’s God’s Bits of Wood Dennis D. Cordell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
22 Wole Soyinka’s Ake: The Years of Childhood Tamara Giles-Vernick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
23 Moyez G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack Jamie Monson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
24 P. T. Zeleza’s Smouldering Charcoal Melvin E. Page Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Novels by Region Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306
Novels by Principal Themes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	308
The Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 314

eBook

Published: July 1, 2000
ISBN: 9781685859237