Black African Literature in English, 1991-2001: Critical Appreciation and ReceptionThe English Association, based at the University of Leicester in the UK, aims to further knowledge and enjoyment of the English language and literature, and to foster good practice in its teaching and learning at all levels. They produce an annual review, The Year's Work in English, published by Oxford University Press, a narrative bibliographical review of scholarly work on the English language and literatures, including on new literatures in English. This book brings together eleven contributions contemporary black African literature in English, 1991-2001. Some 120 books and over 300 scholarly and bibliographical essays from journals and periodicals are reviewed. |
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... Gender : An African Perspective ' ( RAL 24.i.87-104 ) , which engenders Omolara Ogundipe - Leslie's swift rejoinder , ' Beyond Hearsay and Academic Journalism : The Black Woman and Ali Mazrui ' ( RAL 24.i.105-12 ) . Identifying with ...
... Gender : An African Perspective ' ( RAL 24.i.87-104 ) , which engenders Omolara Ogundipe - Leslie's swift rejoinder , ' Beyond Hearsay and Academic Journalism : The Black Woman and Ali Mazrui ' ( RAL 24.i.105-12 ) . Identifying with ...
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... Gender , Orality , Text and Female Space in Contemporary Kiganda Radio Songs ' ( RAL 24.iii . 46-70 ) returns us to issues of gender , especially how contemporary Kiganda radio songs dramatize gender politics . Mugambi studies how these ...
... Gender , Orality , Text and Female Space in Contemporary Kiganda Radio Songs ' ( RAL 24.iii . 46-70 ) returns us to issues of gender , especially how contemporary Kiganda radio songs dramatize gender politics . Mugambi studies how these ...
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... gender identity ; the largely dismal situation of the child in Africa ( especially those described by Oyegoke as the ... gender politics alongside questions of linguistic and cultural hegemony ' - thus shedding more light on the theme of ...
... gender identity ; the largely dismal situation of the child in Africa ( especially those described by Oyegoke as the ... gender politics alongside questions of linguistic and cultural hegemony ' - thus shedding more light on the theme of ...
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