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Preface; Editors' introduction;
1. Oral litertaure B. W. Andrzejewski;
2. The rise of written literatures in African languages Stanislaw Pilaszewicz;
3. Literature in Fula D. W. Arnott;
4. Literatures in the Mande and neighbouring languages Gordon Innes;
5. Akan folk literature and the beginnings of writing in Twi Nina Pawlak;
6. Yoruba literature Adeboye Babalola;
7. Literature in the Hausa language Stanislaw Pilaszewicz;
8. Writing and literature in classical Ethiopic Aleksander Ferenc;
9. Ethiopian literature in Amharic Joanna Mantel-Niecko;
10. Somali litertaure B. W. Andrzejewski;
11. Literaures in Cushtic languages other than Somali B. W. Andrzejewski;
12. Malagasy literature in Madagaskar Zefaniasy Bmananjara and Suzy-Andree Ramamonjisoa;
13. Literature in Swahili Rajmund Ohly;
14. Zulu oral tradition and literature Harold Schueb;
15. Mbosa oral and literary traditions Harold Schueb;
16. Southern Sotho literature Josh R. Masiea;
17. Tswana literature Josh R. Masiea;
18. The oral literature of the San and related peoples Roger Hewitt.
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Michael Erwin
reviewed Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys on March 15, 2011 Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys
Language can be a bridge from one way of thinking to another person's culture, which is what this book provides. It isn't about clever puns, riveting plot twists, or flowing descriptions, it's about a culture that you've most likely never seen, told through the eyes of a man who is watching it crumble into dust. The language is basic English, probably 6th grade or middle school level, but it provides a fascinating glimpse into an Africa that doesn't exist anymore. It doesn't romanticize it either. People are killed in ways that modern Western views still find barbaric, but it's just a fact of life for this tribe, a sacred law. The white men that come later do things that are just as barbaric, and some try to enforce civilization in a way that doesn't seem so bad. The point-of-view turn at the very end of the book makes it for me... I won't spoil it, but it made me want to scream with indignity for a culture that was squandered. This book will make you see Africa in a different way, and you'll be better for it.
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