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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797053503321

Autore

Onuora Adwoa Ntozake <1982->

Titolo

Anansesem : telling stories and storytelling African maternal pedagogies / / Adwoa Ntozake Onuora

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, ON : , : Demeter Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-926452-93-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 138 pages)

Disciplina

808.543

Soggetti

Storytelling

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Education - Biographical methods

Autobiography - Authorship

Motherhood

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"Anansesem: Telling Stories and Storytelling African Maternal Pedagogies is a composite story on African-Canadian mothers' experiences of teaching and learning while mothering. It seeks to celebrate the African mother's everyday experiences and honour her embodied and cultural knowledges as important sites of meaning making and discovery for the African child. Through the Afro-indigenous art of Anansi storytelling, memoir, creative non-fiction and illustrations, the author takes you on an evocative narrative journey that focuses on how African descended women draw upon and are central to African childrens' cultural, social and identity development. In entering these stories, readers access their joys, sadness, strengths and weaknesses as they mother in the midst of marginalization. The book is a testament to the power of counter-storytelling for inspiring internal and external transformation."--