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| 1 | Aje in Yorubaland | 13 |
| 2 | Aje across the continent and in the Itankale | 56 |
| 3 | Word becoming flesh and text in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day and T. Obinkaram Echewa's I saw the sky catch fire | 113 |
| 4 | Initiations into the self, the conjured space of creation, and prophetic utterance in Ama Ata Aidoo's Anowa and Ntozake Shange's Sassafrass, cypress & indigo | 141 |
| 5 | Un/complementary complements : gender, power, and Aje | 165 |
| 6 | The relativity of negativity | 198 |
| 7 | The womb of life is a wicked bag : cycles of power, passion, and pain in the mother-daughter Aje relationship | 217 |
| 8 | Twinning across the ocean : the neo-political Aje of Ben Okri's Madame Koto and Mary Monroe's Mama Ruby | 245 |
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Jackson Lee
reviewed Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts: Manifestations of Àjé in Africana Literatures on May 04, 2014
Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts: Manifestations of Àjé in Africana Literatures
This introduction has good points and bad points, but I'm not sure if the bad points are due to the complexity of the subject and therefore are out of the author's hands.
Firstly, I think there is too much repetitiveness over Coetzee being seen as not responding to the political situation in South Africa when others see Coetzee as an anti-apartheid writer. Head repeats this statement and doesn't really delve into it nor explain in an organised way, there is no supporting evidence linked to either side. I think the contexts should have two sections dedicated to each perspective. The introduction also assumes knowledge about South African history and modernism/post-modernism. I think if the two perspectives were written it may have provided the missing background knowledge. I also agree with the other reviewer that one book cannot be discussed without reference to the other, but I think that is more highlighting what Coetzee has done than the author making those links.
I find the individual discussions on the each novel to be very astute, although I haven't read all of them. The chapter on Reception also provides a good bibliography. This book is a good bridge between introductory reading and more specialist/advanced reading. I do think the usefulness of this book will depend on what you are reading it for.
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Add Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts: Manifestations of Àjé in Africana Literatures, Washington writes supple and thoughtful prose and creatively integrates African and African-derived terminology, which never distract the reader. I consider Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts not only a brilliant study, but also a model to be emulated. , Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts: Manifestations of Àjé in Africana Literatures to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts: Manifestations of Àjé in Africana Literatures, Washington writes supple and thoughtful prose and creatively integrates African and African-derived terminology, which never distract the reader. I consider Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts not only a brilliant study, but also a model to be emulated. , Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts: Manifestations of Àjé in Africana Literatures to your collection on WonderClub |
