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AFRICAN LITERATURE
By: Shara May M. Anacay
AFRICA TERRA – Land of the afri AFRI(Plural) AFER(Singular) AFER May be from: PHOENICIAN AFAR – Meaning
dust or AFRIDI – Tribe of northern africa
ETYMOLOGY
GREEK APHRIKE –
Meaning without cold or LATIN APRICA – Meaning
sunny And later became Africa
ETYMOLOGY
AFRICA – 2nd largest continent next
to Asia It covers more than ONE – FIFTH
Of all the earth’s surface It comprises 46 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
INTRODUCTION
SUEZ CANAL, THE GULF OF SUEZ AND
THE RED SEA – Separate Africa from Asia SRAITS OF GIBRALTAR AND
MEDITERRANEAN SEA – Separate Africa from Europe
ATLANTIC OCEAN – West INDIAN OCEAN - East
INTRODUCTION
FIVE MAJOR LANGUAGES:1. Afroasiastic languages2. Click languages3. Niger – congo languages4. Sudanic languages5. Austronesian languages
LANGUAGES
ISLAM – Dominantreligion of northernAfrica It replaced Christianity in the
17th century
RELIGION
LITERARY RATES FOR MEN Are
higher than women URBAN EDUCATION Are higher
than rural education RICHEST Countries invest more
than poorest countries in terms of education
Only a small fraction of afica’ s young people attend universities
EDUCATION
It includes ORAL LITERATURE They called it as ORATURE ORATURE – Was coined by PIO
ZIRIMU PIO ZIRIMU – Ugandan scholar
AFRICAN LITERATURE
PROSE – Mythological orhistorical, written or spokenlanguage
CALL-AND RESPONSE –Spontaneous verbal and non-verbal interactionbetween the speaker andthe listener
AFRICAN LITERATURE
EPIC OF SUNDIATA –Composed in medieval Mali
EPIC OF DINGA – From OldGhana empire
PRE-COLONIAL LITERATURE
KEBRA NAGAST OR THE BOOKOF KINGS – The best known workin this tradition
TRICKSTER STORY – One of the popular form of traditional African folktale
PRE-COLONIAL LITERATURE
JOSEPH EPHRAIM
CASELY HAYFORD – Published the 1st African novel written in English
ETHIOPIA UNBOUND –1st African novel written in
English
COLONIAL LITERATURE
HERBERT ISAAC
ERNEST DHLOMO– Published 1st English- language
African play
THE GIRL WHO LIKED TO SAVE – 1st English-language African play
COLONIAL LITERATURE
NGUGI WA THIONG’O – Wrote1st east African drama
BLACK HERMIT – 1st eastAfrican drama
COLONIAL LITERATURE
THINGS FALL APART BY CHINUA ACHEBE –
Receive significant worldwide critical acclaim
COLONIAL LITERATURE
LEOPOID SEDAR SENGHOR –President of Senegal published the1st anthology of French language poetry
ANTHOLOGY OF THE NEW BLACKAND MALAGASY POETRY IN THEFRENCH LANGUAGE – 1st anthology of
French language poetry
COLONIAL LITERATURE
ALI A. MAZRUI – Mention 7 CONFLICTS
As THEMES: The clash between Africa's past and
present Between tradition and modernity Between individualism and community Between socialism and capitalism Between development and self-reliance Between Africanity and humanity
POST-COLONIAL LIT
WOLE SOYINKA (JULY
13, 1934 IN NIGERIA) Foremost ENGLISH
LANGUAGE POET He won the NOBEL
PRIZE FOR LITERATUREIN 1986
1ST AFRICAN WRITER Who won the novel prize for literature in 1986
AFRICAN RITERS AND POETS
- The 2ND AFRICAN WRITER Winner of
the novel Prize was NADINE GORDIMER In 19991
- 1ST PLAY: The swamp dwellers.- OTHER PLAYS: Death and the king’s
horse man, opera wonyosi and play of giants.
AFRICAN RITERS AND POETS
CHINUA ACHEBE Nigerian novelist and
poet His 1st novel was
entitled THINGS FALL APART
He has been co-editor of okike
AFRICAN WRITERS AND POETS
- OKIKE (Was of Africa's most
influential literary magazines) - Other works: THE ARROW OF
GOD, A MAN OF THE PEOPLE, GIRLS AT WAR, CHRISTMAS IN BIAFRA AND OTHER POEMS
AFRICAN WRITERS AND POETS
JOHN PEPPER CLARK Nigerian poet, dramatist,
and literary critic Born: APRIL 6, 1935 Plays: OZIDI AND SONG
OF GOAT Representative of his
poetry was the volume, A DEVADE OF TONGUES.
AFRICAN WRITERS AND POETS
NGUGI WA THIONG’O Born: JANUARY 5, 1938IN KENYA The most important eastAfrican novelist 1st two novels: WEEP NOT,
CHILD AND THE RIVER BETWEEN
AFRICAN WRITERS AND POETS
THINGS FALL APART
BY CHINUA ACHEBE
OKONKWO – Respected and influential
leader UNOKA – Okonkwo’s father IKEMEFUNA – He was given to the
village as a peace offering by neighboring mbaino
NWOYE – Okonkwo’s son OJIUGO – Youngest wife of okonkwo EKWEFI – Second wife of okonkwo
CHARACTERS:
OGBUEFI EZEUDER – Oldest man
in the village OBIERIKA – Okonkwo’s best friend EZINMA – Daughter of Okonkwo
and his wife Ekwefi EGWUGWU – Nine clan leaders,
also represent nine villages of Umuofia
MGBAFO – Had been severely beaten by her husband
CHARACTERS:
CHIELO – Toldcaves okonkwo
that agbala needs to see ezinma
AGBALA – The oracle of the hills and caves
UCHENDU – Uncle of okonkwo And a village elder of mbanta
CHI – Personal spirit
CHARACTERS:
EFULEFU – 1st recruits of the
missionaries; they are weak and worthless men of the village
MR. BROWN – The white missionary
REVEREND JAMES SMITH - Becomes the new head of the christian church
CHARACTERS:
VOLATILE – Liable to change rapidly
and unpredictably , especially for the worse
APT – Having a tendency to do something
PROVOCATION – Action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately
EXILE – Expel, banish, drive out, throw out; to be away from one’s home
VOCABULARY:
KINSMAN – A man who is one of
person’s blood relations MACHETE - A broad knife used as an
implement or weapon BEHEADS – Form of execution CLANSMAN – A male member of a clan ORACLE – Authority, mentor, and
adviser SQUANDERED – Waste something in a
reckless and foolish manner
VOCABULARY:
UMUOFIA – Located in
eastern nigeria MBANTA – Native village
of okonkwo’s mother
SETTING:
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