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245 00 a| Twelve best books by African women :b| critical readings /c| edited by Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi and Tuzyline Jita Allan.;

300 a| ix, 278 pages ;c| 22 cm.;

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490 1 a| Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ;v| no. 88;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Prolepsis. Twelve telling tales by African women / Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi -- Pt. 1. Reconfiguration : rewriting the script -- 1. Modernity, gender, and agency in Ama Ata Aidoo's 'Anowa' / Nana Wilson-Tagoe -- 2. Charting the nation/charting history : the power of language in Assia Djebar's 'Fantasia: an Algerian cavalcade' / Nada Halloway -- Pt. 2. Waves of resistance : the casualties of difference -- 3. Nawal El Saadawi's 'Woman at point zero' within the context of Arab feminist discourse / Amira Nowaira -- 4. Nadine Gordimer's 'Burger's daughter' : consciousness, identity, and autonomy / Nobantu L. Rasebotsa -- 5. Dreams of (dis)order : competing visions of colonial Nigeria in Buchi Emecheta's 'The joys of motherhood' / Tuzyline Jita Allan -- 6. In the pauses of the historian's narrative : Yvonne Vera's 'Butterfly burning' / V.M. (Sisi) Maqagi -- Pt. 3. Regeneration : labor pains and tentative steps toward independence -- 7. Mapping a female mind : Bessie Head's 'A question of power' and the unscrambling of Africa / Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi -- 8. A drama of power : Aminata Sow Fall's 'The beggars' strike' / Chioma Opara -- 9. Aesthetics, ethics, desire, and necessity in Mariama Bâ's 'So long a letter' / Modupe Olaogun -- 10. Reading masculinities in a feminist text : Tsitsi Dangarembga's 'Nervous conditions' / Helen Nabasuta Mugambi -- 11. Sindiwe Magona : writing, remembering, selfhood, and community in 'Living, loving, and lying awake at night' / M.J. Daymond -- 12. Every choice is a renunciation : cultural landmarks in Ken Bugul's 'Riwan ou le chemin de sable' / Aissata Sidikou -- Coda. African women's writing, prospectively / Tuzyline Jita Allan.;

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Twelve best books by African women : critical readings / edited by Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi and Tuzyline Jita Allan.

Other author	Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo.
Other author	Allan, Tuzyline Jita.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2009.
Description	ix, 278 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects	African fiction--Women authors. --History and criticism. Women and literature--Africa. --History. --20th century. Women in literature. Africa--In literature.

Series	Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 88 Research in international studies. Africa series no. 88. ^A458703
Contents	Prolepsis. Twelve telling tales by African women / Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi -- Pt. 1. Reconfiguration : rewriting the script -- 1. Modernity, gender, and agency in Ama Ata Aidoo's 'Anowa' / Nana Wilson-Tagoe -- 2. Charting the nation/charting history : the power of language in Assia Djebar's 'Fantasia: an Algerian cavalcade' / Nada Halloway -- Pt. 2. Waves of resistance : the casualties of difference -- 3. Nawal El Saadawi's 'Woman at point zero' within the context of Arab feminist discourse / Amira Nowaira -- 4. Nadine Gordimer's 'Burger's daughter' : consciousness, identity, and autonomy / Nobantu L. Rasebotsa -- 5. Dreams of (dis)order : competing visions of colonial Nigeria in Buchi Emecheta's 'The joys of motherhood' / Tuzyline Jita Allan -- 6. In the pauses of the historian's narrative : Yvonne Vera's 'Butterfly burning' / V.M. (Sisi) Maqagi -- Pt. 3. Regeneration : labor pains and tentative steps toward independence -- 7. Mapping a female mind : Bessie Head's 'A question of power' and the unscrambling of Africa / Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi -- 8. A drama of power : Aminata Sow Fall's 'The beggars' strike' / Chioma Opara -- 9. Aesthetics, ethics, desire, and necessity in Mariama Bâ's 'So long a letter' / Modupe Olaogun -- 10. Reading masculinities in a feminist text : Tsitsi Dangarembga's 'Nervous conditions' / Helen Nabasuta Mugambi -- 11. Sindiwe Magona : writing, remembering, selfhood, and community in 'Living, loving, and lying awake at night' / M.J. Daymond -- 12. Every choice is a renunciation : cultural landmarks in Ken Bugul's 'Riwan ou le chemin de sable' / Aissata Sidikou -- Coda. African women's writing, prospectively / Tuzyline Jita Allan.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2009014870
ISBN	9780896802667 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN	0896802663 (pb : alk. paper)

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