{"product_id":"mazisi-kunene-dike-okoro-9781032286556","title":"Mazisi Kunene: Literature, Activism, and African Worldview","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the life and work of Mazisi Kunene, the only recognized poet laureate of Africa, a Nobel Prize nominee, and a key symbol of African cultural independence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKunene is widely recognized for his epic poems that assert cultural identity and condemn the disruption of the growth and development of African culture through colonialism\/postcolonialism. This book explores how 'oraliterature' and cultural traditions informed Kunene's poetry, how Kunene's poetry highlights African women and mothers, and how activism, mythology and transnational identities are depicted in his verse to promote cultural and generational continuities from Africa to the Diasporic Africans. Drawing on a range of interviews and comparative studies, the book situates Kunene's work in a wider conversation about South African social struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is an important contribution to our understanding of one of the giants of African literary history. As such, it will be of interest to researchers across African literary and postcolonial studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dike Okoro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032286555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032286556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d","brand":"Dike Okoro","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079779807487,"sku":"9781032286556","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44dd3481-1012-471f-ac96-0cb4801e24cf.jpg?v=1685483095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mazisi-kunene-dike-okoro-9781032286556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}