African Studies Newsletter
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Publisher : African Studies Association
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher : African Studies Association
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : Basler Afrika Bibliographien
Publisher : BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 27,35 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9783905141733
Author : African Studies Association
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,27 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Africa
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Author : Harold Scheub
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,43 MB
Release : 2002-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0299182134
Fact and fiction meet at the boundaries, the betwixt and between where transformations occur. This is the area of ambiguity where fiction and fact become endowed with meaning, and this is the area—where ambiguity, irony, and metaphor join forces—that Harold Scheub exposes in all its nuanced and evocative complexity in The Poem in the Story. In a career devoted to exploring the art of the African storyteller, Scheub has conducted some of the most interesting and provocative investigations into nonverbal aspects of storytelling, the complex relationship between artist and audience, and, most dramatically, the role played by poetry in storytelling. This book is his most daring effort yet, an unconventional work that searches out what makes a story artistically engaging and emotionally evocative, the metaphorical center that Scheub calls "the poem in the story." Drawing on extensive fieldwork in southern Africa and decades of experience as a researcher and teacher, Scheub develops an original approach—a blend of field notes, diary entries, photographs, and texts of stories and poems—that guides readers into a new way of viewing, even experiencing, meaning in a story. Though this work is largely focused on African storytelling, its universal applications emerge when Scheub brings the work of storytellers as different as Shakespeare and Faulkner into the discussion.
Author : International African Institute. Research Information Liaison Unit
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Africa
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Author : Mathurin C. Houngnikpo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 17,45 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0810871718
Benin is now perceived of as a model of democracy in Africa because it has successfully established a democratic political system based on consensus and regular and fair elections, and it continues to improve its electoral and parliamentary systems. Since its democracy it has taken important steps towards laying the foundation for the rule of law by establishing stable political institutions that can withstand the test of time. It has also engaged in an important legal, institutional, and regulatory reform to establish a more favorable environment for private initiative. The fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Benin covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Benin.
Author : International African Institute. Research Information Liaison Unit
Publisher : International African Institute
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 1975
Category : History
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Revised directory of research centres throughout the world specialising in African studies in the social sciences and humanities - includes lists of centres arranged by country, research projects by subject, and of persons undertaking research.
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Publisher :
Page : 1148 pages
File Size : 28,55 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Hans Zell
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 863 pages
File Size : 33,91 MB
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9004502157
Published in dual print and electronic formats, this is a new edition of a much acclaimed reference source that brings together a wide range of sources of information in the African studies field, covering both print and electronic sources. It evaluates the best online resources, the major general reference tools in print format, current bibliographies and indexing services, biographical, cartographic, statistical and economic resources, as well as film and video resources. Additionally, there are separate sections on African studies library collections and repositories throughout the world, a directory of over 250 African studies journals; listings of news sources, profiles of publishers active in the African studies field, dealers and distributors of African studies materials, African studies societies and associations, major African and international organizations, donor agencies and foundations, awards and prizes in African studies, electronic mailing lists and discussion forums, and more.
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Page : 424 pages
File Size : 39,85 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Africa
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Vol. 1- , spring 1970- , include "A Bibliography of American doctoral dissertations on African literature," compiled by Nancy J. Schmidt.