African Literature as Political Philosophy by Okolo, Mary Stella Chika

African Literature as Political Philosophy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781842778944)

Vendor: M. S. C. Okolo
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Format: Hardcover
$115.00
$115.00
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African Literature as Political Philosophy by Okolo, Mary Stella Chika

African Literature as Political Philosophy

$115.00
African Literature as Political Philosophy by Okolo, Mary Stella Chika

African Literature as Political Philosophy

$115.00
Format: Hardcover
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The politics of development in Africa have always been central concerns of the continent's literature. Yet ideas about the best way to achieve this development, and even what development itself should look like, have been hotly contested. African Literature as Political Philosophy looks in particular at Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah and Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, but situates these within the broader context of developments in African literature over the past half-century, discussing writers from Ayi Kwei Armah to Wole Soyinka. M.S.C. Okolo provides a thorough analysis of the authors' differing approaches and how these emerge from the literature. She shows the roots of Achebe's reformism and Ngugi's insistence on revolution and how these positions take shape in their work. Okolo argues that these authors have been profoundly affected by the political situation of Africa, but have also helped to create a new African political philosophy.

Author: M. S. C. Okolo
ISBN-10: 1842778943
ISBN-13: 9781842778944
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.56h x 6.03w x 0.74d
By M. S. C. Okolo
By M. S. C. Okolo
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M.S.C. Okolo was educated at the University of Calabar, and then at the University of Ibadan where she received her Ph.D in Philosophy. She also has a PG.D in Public Relations. A Civitella Ranieri Fellow, she is the author of Winds on my Mind, Leaps of Faith and has contributed to many short stories and poetry anthologies. Her short story 'Those Days' won a Liberty Merchant Bank Prize. Her Ph.D thesis won the CODESRIA Doctoral Prize, 2005.
M.S.C. Okolo was educated at the University of Calabar, and then at the University of Ibadan where she received her Ph.D in Philosophy. She also has a PG.D in Public Relations. A Civitella Ranieri Fellow, she is the author of Winds on my Mind, Leaps of Faith and has contributed to many short stories and poetry anthologies. Her short story 'Those Days' won a Liberty Merchant Bank Prize. Her Ph.D thesis won the CODESRIA Doctoral Prize, 2005.

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