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African literature : gender discourse, religious values, and the African worldview / / Safoura Salami-Boukari
| African literature : gender discourse, religious values, and the African worldview / / Safoura Salami-Boukari |
| Autore | Salami-Boukari Safoura |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : African Heritage Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 800 |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature - Criticism and interpretation
African literature - Women authors - Criticism and interpretation Igbo (African people) - Social life and customs Religion in literature - History and criticism Women authors, African - Criticism and interpretation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-940729-02-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: Historical Background & Methodology""; ""The Historical Context of West African Literature in the 1960's & the Study Structure""; ""PART TWO: Sociocultural Issues in Igbo Society""; ""Beliefs about Men & Women""; ""Rites of Passage & Ritual Practices: Female Circumcision (Excision)""; ""Cultural Violence""; ""The Traditional Doctor or Dibia in Igbo Society""; ""Relationships & Marriage: Polygamy versus Monogamy""
""Relationships & Marriage: Polygamy a Way of Life?""""PART THREE: Religion in African Literature & Implications for Today's Society""; ""Obinkaram Echewa's Treatment of Religion in The Land's Lord Toward Religious Relativism and Ecumenical Perspectives""; ""Old-Ahamba & Father Higler: Antagonistic or Complementary Relationship?""; ""Originality of African Traditional Religion: The Power to Create or Destroy Deities""; ""The Symbolic Value of Building the Church: The Role of the Christian Cross & the Traditional Ofo in The Land's Lord""; ""PART FOUR: Character Depictions"" ""The Prototypical Perfect Character Creation: Efuru""""Flora Nwapa's Ajanupu: Traditional or Postmodern Activist?""; ""PART FIVE: African Women's Voice: Critical & Comparative Perspectives""; ""Flora Nwapa: A Woman Writer in a Male-Dominated Literary World""; ""Comparative Approach: Nwapa & Other West African Women Writers""; ""Nwapa's Eponym Depiction in Efuru versus Mariama Ba's Portrayal of Ramatoulaye and Aissatou in So Long a Letter""; ""Leila Abouzeid: Pioneer Moroccan Woman Writer in Arabic Background""; ""Family, Education, Gender Perceptions and Islamic/Feminist Activism"" ""Description of the Author's Work""""PART SIX: Reflection on Arts and Women's Activism""; ""The Role of the Writer as an Activist and Promoter of Social Change""; ""Discussion & Essay Questions""; ""Part One""; ""Part Two""; ""Part Three""; ""Part Four""; ""Part Five (A)""; ""Part Five (B)""; ""Endnotes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Further Readings on Female Circumcision, and Other African Women Writers""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462988903321 |
Salami-Boukari Safoura
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| New York : , : African Heritage Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African literature : gender discourse, religious values, and the African worldview / / Safoura Salami-Boukari
| African literature : gender discourse, religious values, and the African worldview / / Safoura Salami-Boukari |
| Autore | Salami-Boukari Safoura |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : African Heritage Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 800 |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature - Criticism and interpretation
African literature - Women authors - Criticism and interpretation Igbo (African people) - Social life and customs Religion in literature - History and criticism Women authors, African - Criticism and interpretation |
| ISBN | 1-940729-02-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: Historical Background & Methodology""; ""The Historical Context of West African Literature in the 1960's & the Study Structure""; ""PART TWO: Sociocultural Issues in Igbo Society""; ""Beliefs about Men & Women""; ""Rites of Passage & Ritual Practices: Female Circumcision (Excision)""; ""Cultural Violence""; ""The Traditional Doctor or Dibia in Igbo Society""; ""Relationships & Marriage: Polygamy versus Monogamy""
""Relationships & Marriage: Polygamy a Way of Life?""""PART THREE: Religion in African Literature & Implications for Today's Society""; ""Obinkaram Echewa's Treatment of Religion in The Land's Lord Toward Religious Relativism and Ecumenical Perspectives""; ""Old-Ahamba & Father Higler: Antagonistic or Complementary Relationship?""; ""Originality of African Traditional Religion: The Power to Create or Destroy Deities""; ""The Symbolic Value of Building the Church: The Role of the Christian Cross & the Traditional Ofo in The Land's Lord""; ""PART FOUR: Character Depictions"" ""The Prototypical Perfect Character Creation: Efuru""""Flora Nwapa's Ajanupu: Traditional or Postmodern Activist?""; ""PART FIVE: African Women's Voice: Critical & Comparative Perspectives""; ""Flora Nwapa: A Woman Writer in a Male-Dominated Literary World""; ""Comparative Approach: Nwapa & Other West African Women Writers""; ""Nwapa's Eponym Depiction in Efuru versus Mariama Ba's Portrayal of Ramatoulaye and Aissatou in So Long a Letter""; ""Leila Abouzeid: Pioneer Moroccan Woman Writer in Arabic Background""; ""Family, Education, Gender Perceptions and Islamic/Feminist Activism"" ""Description of the Author's Work""""PART SIX: Reflection on Arts and Women's Activism""; ""The Role of the Writer as an Activist and Promoter of Social Change""; ""Discussion & Essay Questions""; ""Part One""; ""Part Two""; ""Part Three""; ""Part Four""; ""Part Five (A)""; ""Part Five (B)""; ""Endnotes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Further Readings on Female Circumcision, and Other African Women Writers""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787507003321 |
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Salami-Boukari Safoura
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| New York : , : African Heritage Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African literature : gender discourse, religious values, and the African worldview / / Safoura Salami-Boukari
| African literature : gender discourse, religious values, and the African worldview / / Safoura Salami-Boukari |
| Autore | Salami-Boukari Safoura |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : African Heritage Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 800 |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature - Criticism and interpretation
African literature - Women authors - Criticism and interpretation Igbo (African people) - Social life and customs Religion in literature - History and criticism Women authors, African - Criticism and interpretation |
| ISBN | 1-940729-02-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: Historical Background & Methodology""; ""The Historical Context of West African Literature in the 1960's & the Study Structure""; ""PART TWO: Sociocultural Issues in Igbo Society""; ""Beliefs about Men & Women""; ""Rites of Passage & Ritual Practices: Female Circumcision (Excision)""; ""Cultural Violence""; ""The Traditional Doctor or Dibia in Igbo Society""; ""Relationships & Marriage: Polygamy versus Monogamy""
""Relationships & Marriage: Polygamy a Way of Life?""""PART THREE: Religion in African Literature & Implications for Today's Society""; ""Obinkaram Echewa's Treatment of Religion in The Land's Lord Toward Religious Relativism and Ecumenical Perspectives""; ""Old-Ahamba & Father Higler: Antagonistic or Complementary Relationship?""; ""Originality of African Traditional Religion: The Power to Create or Destroy Deities""; ""The Symbolic Value of Building the Church: The Role of the Christian Cross & the Traditional Ofo in The Land's Lord""; ""PART FOUR: Character Depictions"" ""The Prototypical Perfect Character Creation: Efuru""""Flora Nwapa's Ajanupu: Traditional or Postmodern Activist?""; ""PART FIVE: African Women's Voice: Critical & Comparative Perspectives""; ""Flora Nwapa: A Woman Writer in a Male-Dominated Literary World""; ""Comparative Approach: Nwapa & Other West African Women Writers""; ""Nwapa's Eponym Depiction in Efuru versus Mariama Ba's Portrayal of Ramatoulaye and Aissatou in So Long a Letter""; ""Leila Abouzeid: Pioneer Moroccan Woman Writer in Arabic Background""; ""Family, Education, Gender Perceptions and Islamic/Feminist Activism"" ""Description of the Author's Work""""PART SIX: Reflection on Arts and Women's Activism""; ""The Role of the Writer as an Activist and Promoter of Social Change""; ""Discussion & Essay Questions""; ""Part One""; ""Part Two""; ""Part Three""; ""Part Four""; ""Part Five (A)""; ""Part Five (B)""; ""Endnotes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Further Readings on Female Circumcision, and Other African Women Writers""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821131803321 |
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Salami-Boukari Safoura
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| New York : , : African Heritage Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Ibo and Ibibio-speaking peoples of south-eastern Nigeria / / Daryll Forde and G.I. Jones
| The Ibo and Ibibio-speaking peoples of south-eastern Nigeria / / Daryll Forde and G.I. Jones |
| Autore | Forde Cyril Daryll <1902-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (99 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.896332 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | JonesG. I. <1904-1995.> |
| Collana | Ethnographic Survey of Africa |
| Soggetto topico | Igbo (African people) - Social life and customs |
| ISBN |
1-315-29773-6
1-315-29772-8 1-315-29771-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Ibo (Igbo) -- Ibibio. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163873503321 |
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Forde Cyril Daryll <1902-, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Igbo in the Atlantic world : African origins and diasporic destinations / / edited by Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku ; contributors, Nwando Achebe [and eighteen others]
| Igbo in the Atlantic world : African origins and diasporic destinations / / edited by Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku ; contributors, Nwando Achebe [and eighteen others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Disciplina | 305.896332 |
| Soggetto topico |
Igbo (African people) - Social life and customs
Igbo (African people) - Ethnic identity Igbo diaspora Igbo (African people) - United States Igbo (African people) - West Indies |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Raphael Chijioke Njoku and Toyin Falola -- The kingless people : the speech act as shield and sword / Hannah Chukwu -- Igbo goddesses and the priests and male priestesses who serve them / Nwando Achebe -- Gender relations in nineteenth and early twentieth century Igbo society / Gloria Chuku -- The Aro and the trade of the Bight / A. E. Afigbo -- The trans-Atlantic slave trade from the Bight of Biafra : an overview / Kenneth Morgan -- The Igbo and African backgrounds of the slave cargo of the Henrietta Maria / John Thornton -- 'A great many boys and girls' : Igbo children in the British slave trade, 1700-1808 / Audra A. Diptee -- Becoming African : Igbo slaves and social reordering in nineteenth century Niger Delta / Raphael Chijioke Njoku -- The clustering of Igbo in the Americas : where, when, how, and why? / Gwendolyn Mildo Hall -- The demography of the Bight of Biafra slave trade, c. 1650-1850 / Paul E. Lovejoy -- The Igbo diaspora in the era of the slave trade / Douglas B. Chambers -- The Igbo diaspora in the Atlantic world : African origins and New World / Chima J. Korieh -- Olaudah Equiano and the forging of an Igbo identity / Vincent Carretta -- Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa - what's in a name? / Paul E. Lovejoy -- Archibald Monteath : imperial pawn and individual agent / Maureen Warner-Lewis -- Igbo influences on masquerading and drum-dances in the Caribbean / Robert W. Nicholls -- The Afro-Caribbean diaspora in reverse and its implications for the development of Christianity and education in Igboland, southeastern Nigeria : 1895-1925 / Waibinte E. Wariboko -- The making of Igbo ethnicity in the Nigerian setting : colonialism, identity, and the politics of difference / Raphael Chijioke Njoku -- Ethnicity and the contemporary Igbo artist : shifting Igbo identities in the post-civil war Nigerian art world / Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie -- Osondu : patterns of the Igbo quest for Jesus power / Ogbu U. Kalu. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136453503321 |
| Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Igbo in the Atlantic world : African origins and diasporic destinations / / edited by Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku ; contributors, Nwando Achebe [and eighteen others]
| Igbo in the Atlantic world : African origins and diasporic destinations / / edited by Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku ; contributors, Nwando Achebe [and eighteen others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Disciplina | 305.896332 |
| Soggetto topico |
Igbo (African people) - Social life and customs
Igbo (African people) - Ethnic identity Igbo diaspora Igbo (African people) - United States Igbo (African people) - West Indies |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Raphael Chijioke Njoku and Toyin Falola -- The kingless people : the speech act as shield and sword / Hannah Chukwu -- Igbo goddesses and the priests and male priestesses who serve them / Nwando Achebe -- Gender relations in nineteenth and early twentieth century Igbo society / Gloria Chuku -- The Aro and the trade of the Bight / A. E. Afigbo -- The trans-Atlantic slave trade from the Bight of Biafra : an overview / Kenneth Morgan -- The Igbo and African backgrounds of the slave cargo of the Henrietta Maria / John Thornton -- 'A great many boys and girls' : Igbo children in the British slave trade, 1700-1808 / Audra A. Diptee -- Becoming African : Igbo slaves and social reordering in nineteenth century Niger Delta / Raphael Chijioke Njoku -- The clustering of Igbo in the Americas : where, when, how, and why? / Gwendolyn Mildo Hall -- The demography of the Bight of Biafra slave trade, c. 1650-1850 / Paul E. Lovejoy -- The Igbo diaspora in the era of the slave trade / Douglas B. Chambers -- The Igbo diaspora in the Atlantic world : African origins and New World / Chima J. Korieh -- Olaudah Equiano and the forging of an Igbo identity / Vincent Carretta -- Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa - what's in a name? / Paul E. Lovejoy -- Archibald Monteath : imperial pawn and individual agent / Maureen Warner-Lewis -- Igbo influences on masquerading and drum-dances in the Caribbean / Robert W. Nicholls -- The Afro-Caribbean diaspora in reverse and its implications for the development of Christianity and education in Igboland, southeastern Nigeria : 1895-1925 / Waibinte E. Wariboko -- The making of Igbo ethnicity in the Nigerian setting : colonialism, identity, and the politics of difference / Raphael Chijioke Njoku -- Ethnicity and the contemporary Igbo artist : shifting Igbo identities in the post-civil war Nigerian art world / Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie -- Osondu : patterns of the Igbo quest for Jesus power / Ogbu U. Kalu. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798630603321 |
| Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Igbo in the Atlantic world : African origins and diasporic destinations / / edited by Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku ; contributors, Nwando Achebe [and eighteen others]
| Igbo in the Atlantic world : African origins and diasporic destinations / / edited by Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku ; contributors, Nwando Achebe [and eighteen others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Disciplina | 305.896332 |
| Soggetto topico |
Igbo (African people) - Social life and customs
Igbo (African people) - Ethnic identity Igbo diaspora Igbo (African people) - United States Igbo (African people) - West Indies |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Raphael Chijioke Njoku and Toyin Falola -- The kingless people : the speech act as shield and sword / Hannah Chukwu -- Igbo goddesses and the priests and male priestesses who serve them / Nwando Achebe -- Gender relations in nineteenth and early twentieth century Igbo society / Gloria Chuku -- The Aro and the trade of the Bight / A. E. Afigbo -- The trans-Atlantic slave trade from the Bight of Biafra : an overview / Kenneth Morgan -- The Igbo and African backgrounds of the slave cargo of the Henrietta Maria / John Thornton -- 'A great many boys and girls' : Igbo children in the British slave trade, 1700-1808 / Audra A. Diptee -- Becoming African : Igbo slaves and social reordering in nineteenth century Niger Delta / Raphael Chijioke Njoku -- The clustering of Igbo in the Americas : where, when, how, and why? / Gwendolyn Mildo Hall -- The demography of the Bight of Biafra slave trade, c. 1650-1850 / Paul E. Lovejoy -- The Igbo diaspora in the era of the slave trade / Douglas B. Chambers -- The Igbo diaspora in the Atlantic world : African origins and New World / Chima J. Korieh -- Olaudah Equiano and the forging of an Igbo identity / Vincent Carretta -- Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa - what's in a name? / Paul E. Lovejoy -- Archibald Monteath : imperial pawn and individual agent / Maureen Warner-Lewis -- Igbo influences on masquerading and drum-dances in the Caribbean / Robert W. Nicholls -- The Afro-Caribbean diaspora in reverse and its implications for the development of Christianity and education in Igboland, southeastern Nigeria : 1895-1925 / Waibinte E. Wariboko -- The making of Igbo ethnicity in the Nigerian setting : colonialism, identity, and the politics of difference / Raphael Chijioke Njoku -- Ethnicity and the contemporary Igbo artist : shifting Igbo identities in the post-civil war Nigerian art world / Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie -- Osondu : patterns of the Igbo quest for Jesus power / Ogbu U. Kalu. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814333303321 |
| Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ropes of sand : studies in Igbo history and culture / / by A.E. Afigbo
| Ropes of sand : studies in Igbo history and culture / / by A.E. Afigbo |
| Autore | Afigbo A. E (Adiele Eberechukwu) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan, : Published for University Press in association with Oxford University Press, 1981 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 387 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
| Disciplina | 306/.089963 |
| Soggetto topico |
Igbo (African people) - History
Igbo (African people) - Social life and customs History & Archaeology Regions & Countries - Africa |
| ISBN | 0-19-575527-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996247966603316 |
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Afigbo A. E (Adiele Eberechukwu)
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| Ibadan, : Published for University Press in association with Oxford University Press, 1981 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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