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Full-Text Articles in African Languages and Societies
In A State Of Nervous Conditions: Gender Relations In Tsitsi Dangarembga’S Groundbreaking Novel, Evan Garcia
In A State Of Nervous Conditions: Gender Relations In Tsitsi Dangarembga’S Groundbreaking Novel, Evan Garcia
Montserrat Annual Writing Prize
This paper is analysis of Tsitsi Dangarembga's novel Nervous Conditions. It examines the oppressive system of colonial patriarchy in Southern Rhodesia and the suffocating conflicts faced by African women living under the legacy of colonial rule.
Writing Africa Today: Research Materials (Library Resources), Holy Cross Libraries
Writing Africa Today: Research Materials (Library Resources), Holy Cross Libraries
Library Resources for Campus Events
A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Libraries which provide additional information related to "Writing Africa Today," a lecture by Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah held at the College of the Holy Cross February 15, 2018.
Gappah writes critically about the government, social and criminal justice issues, and human rights work in sub-Saharan Africa. Her collection of short stories called "Elegy for Easterly" was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and won the Guardian First Book Award in 2009. Her second book, a novel, "The Book of Memory" is the fictional story of an imprisoned albino …
Amai, Gratio Ray, Kevin Yamaputra, Cynthia Javanny
Amai, Gratio Ray, Kevin Yamaputra, Cynthia Javanny
ATL
Honorable Mention
Inspired by the people and culture of Zimbabwe.
What inspired you to enter this special competition to create a modern architectural language for Africa?
We are interested to involving ourselves to design prototype of modern architecture of Africa by research on the cultural and philosophical approach.
Why do you believe African home-owners will be interested in building a home such as the one you have submitted today?
We offer a compact living with a flexible space to hold a social activities and emphasizing a sustainability system in water usage.
What did you find most interesting or challenging during …
James Joyce And Post-Imperial Bildung: Influences On Salman Rushdie, Tayeb Salih, And Tsitsi Dangarembga, Robert Michael Kirschen
James Joyce And Post-Imperial Bildung: Influences On Salman Rushdie, Tayeb Salih, And Tsitsi Dangarembga, Robert Michael Kirschen
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" functions as an axis around which writers from former British colonies--Salman Rushdie (India), Tayeb Salih (Sudan), and Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe)--construct their own Bildungsromans. This nodal point is possible because Joyce's Bildungsroman represents a unique rendering of the genre which has proven useful for narratives of growth and development in newly independent nations. This dissertation focuses on a single narrative paradigm which acts as a common thread among the four authors. In each text (Rushdie's "Midnight's Children", Salih's "Season of Migration to the North", and Dangarembga's "Nervous Conditions"), the use of …
Interview With Carol Thompson, Marcia Monaco
Interview With Carol Thompson, Marcia Monaco
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 91 minutes
Oral history interview of Carol Thompson by Marcia Monaco
In this interview, Carol Thompson recalls her involvement and work in the anti-apartheid movement. She explains that her awareness of the anti-Apartheid movement began while at Northern Illinois University, but she first became involved after she moved to Chicago, when she met South African author, Donald Woods, which led to her involvement in the Dennis Brutus’ defense committee. She recalls that she initially worked with Clergy and Laity Concerned and later, alongside Prexy Nesbitt, became a founding member of CIDSA, which was committed to passing legislation in Chicago …
H. M. Chauke Research Of African Hlengwe People, Happyson William Matsilele Chauke, Tillerman Houser
H. M. Chauke Research Of African Hlengwe People, Happyson William Matsilele Chauke, Tillerman Houser
ATS Digital Resources
This is a collection of historical and cultural research works about the vaHlengwe people of Zimbabwe, created by Happyson Chauke before his untimely death by a hit and run driver in 2009. It was compiled by his friend Tillman Houser, who spent 35 years as a missionary to Zimbabwe under the Free Methodist Church. The bulk of the collection is comprised of the book entitled: "The miracle of Lundi Mission: lest we forget."
Good Words - May 2007, Vol. 9, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - May 2007, Vol. 9, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - August 2006, Vol. 8, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - August 2006, Vol. 8, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - May 2006, Vol. 8, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - May 2006, Vol. 8, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - August 2005, Vol. 7, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - August 2005, Vol. 7, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - May 2005, Vol. 7, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - May 2005, Vol. 7, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - December 2004, Vol. 6, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - December 2004, Vol. 6, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - August 2004, Vol. 6, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - August 2004, Vol. 6, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Busani Nkomo, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - May 2003, Vol. 5, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - May 2003, Vol. 5, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Adam Ncube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - December 2002, Vol. 4, No. 3, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - December 2002, Vol. 4, No. 3, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Adam Ncube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - August 2002, Vol. 4, No.2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - August 2002, Vol. 4, No.2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Adam Ncube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Becoming Ndebele: The Decorated Homes Of Matabeleland, Brenda Molife
Becoming Ndebele: The Decorated Homes Of Matabeleland, Brenda Molife
Bridgewater Review
No abstract provided.
Good Words - May 2002, Vol. 4, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - May 2002, Vol. 4, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Adam Ncube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - December 2001, Vol. 3, No. 8, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - December 2001, Vol. 3, No. 8, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
No abstract provided.
Good Words - July 2001, Vol. 3, No. 7, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - July 2001, Vol. 3, No. 7, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Sinda Ngulube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - December 2002, Vol. 3, No. 6, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - December 2002, Vol. 3, No. 6, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Adam Ncube, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - August 2000, Vol. 3, No. 5, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - August 2000, Vol. 3, No. 5, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
No abstract provided.
Good Words - May 2000, Vol. 3, No. 4, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - May 2000, Vol. 3, No. 4, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Nellie Mlotshwa, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - December 1999, Vol. 3, No. 3, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - December 1999, Vol. 3, No. 3, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
No abstract provided.
Good Words - August 1999, Vol. 3, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - August 1999, Vol. 3, No. 2, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
No abstract provided.
Good Words - April 1999, Vol. 3, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - April 1999, Vol. 3, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Nellie Mlotshwa, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - December 1998, Vol. 3, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - December 1998, Vol. 3, No. 1, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Nellie Mlotshwa, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - December 1997, Vol. 2, No. 11, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - December 1997, Vol. 2, No. 11, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Nellie Mlotshwa, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - September 1997, Vol. 2, No. 10, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - September 1997, Vol. 2, No. 10, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Nellie Mlotshwa, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Good Words - April 1997, Vol. 2, No. 9, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words - April 1997, Vol. 2, No. 9, Brethren In Christ Church In Africa
Good Words / Amazwi Amahle
Nellie Mlotshwa, editor of Good Words / Amazwi Amahle