Pre-colonial Africa in colonial African narratives : from Ethiopia unbound to things fall apart, 1911-1958 / Donald R. Wehrs.

Author/creator Wehrs, Donald R.
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 193 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Embodied ethical life and the threat of cognitive imperialism in African contexts -- -- Hayford, Balewa, and the representation of African culture and society -- Articulations of empire and hatred of the other man in Hazoumé's Doguicimi -- History, fable, and syncretism in Fagunwa's Forest of a thousand daemons -- The ordeal of cognitive imperialism in Tutuola's early fiction -- Pre-colonial history and anticolonial politics in Achebe's Things fall apart.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [169]-186) and index.
LCCN 2007008444
ISBN9780754660880 (alk. paper)
ISBN0754660885 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PL 8010 .W475 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold