AFRICAN LITERATURE

By: Shara May M. Anacay

AFRICA TERRA – Land of the afri AFRI(Plural) AFER(Singular) AFER May be from: PHOENICIAN AFAR – Meaning

dust or AFRIDI – Tribe of northern africa

ETYMOLOGY

GREEK APHRIKE –

Meaning without cold or LATIN APRICA – Meaning

sunny And later became Africa

ETYMOLOGY

AFRICA – 2nd largest continent next

to Asia It covers more than ONE – FIFTH

Of all the earth’s surface It comprises 46 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

INTRODUCTION

SUEZ CANAL, THE GULF OF SUEZ AND

THE RED SEA – Separate Africa from Asia SRAITS OF GIBRALTAR AND

MEDITERRANEAN SEA – Separate Africa from Europe

ATLANTIC OCEAN – West INDIAN OCEAN - East

INTRODUCTION

FIVE MAJOR LANGUAGES:1. Afroasiastic languages2. Click languages3. Niger – congo languages4. Sudanic languages5. Austronesian languages

LANGUAGES

ISLAM – Dominantreligion of northernAfrica It replaced Christianity in the

17th century

RELIGION

LITERARY RATES FOR MEN Are

higher than women URBAN EDUCATION Are higher

than rural education RICHEST Countries invest more

than poorest countries in terms of education

Only a small fraction of afica’ s young people attend universities

EDUCATION

It includes ORAL LITERATURE They called it as ORATURE ORATURE – Was coined by PIO

ZIRIMU PIO ZIRIMU – Ugandan scholar

AFRICAN LITERATURE

PROSE – Mythological orhistorical, written or spokenlanguage

CALL-AND RESPONSE –Spontaneous verbal and non-verbal interactionbetween the speaker andthe listener

AFRICAN LITERATURE

EPIC OF SUNDIATA –Composed in medieval Mali

EPIC OF DINGA – From OldGhana empire

PRE-COLONIAL LITERATURE

KEBRA NAGAST OR THE BOOKOF KINGS – The best known workin this tradition

TRICKSTER STORY – One of the popular form of traditional African folktale

PRE-COLONIAL LITERATURE

JOSEPH EPHRAIM

CASELY HAYFORD – Published the 1st African novel written in English

ETHIOPIA UNBOUND –1st African novel written in

English

COLONIAL LITERATURE

HERBERT ISAAC

ERNEST DHLOMO– Published 1st English- language

African play

THE GIRL WHO LIKED TO SAVE – 1st English-language African play

COLONIAL LITERATURE

NGUGI WA THIONG’O – Wrote1st east African drama

BLACK HERMIT – 1st eastAfrican drama

COLONIAL LITERATURE

THINGS FALL APART BY CHINUA ACHEBE –

Receive significant worldwide critical acclaim

COLONIAL LITERATURE

LEOPOID SEDAR SENGHOR –President of Senegal published the1st anthology of French language poetry

ANTHOLOGY OF THE NEW BLACKAND MALAGASY POETRY IN THEFRENCH LANGUAGE – 1st anthology of

French language poetry

COLONIAL LITERATURE

ALI A. MAZRUI – Mention 7 CONFLICTS

As THEMES: The clash between Africa's past and

present Between tradition and modernity Between individualism and community Between socialism and capitalism Between development and self-reliance Between Africanity and humanity

POST-COLONIAL LIT

WOLE SOYINKA (JULY

13, 1934 IN NIGERIA) Foremost ENGLISH

LANGUAGE POET He won the NOBEL

PRIZE FOR LITERATUREIN 1986

1ST AFRICAN WRITER Who won the novel prize for literature in 1986

AFRICAN RITERS AND POETS

- The 2ND AFRICAN WRITER Winner of

the novel Prize was NADINE GORDIMER In 19991

- 1ST PLAY: The swamp dwellers.- OTHER PLAYS: Death and the king’s

horse man, opera wonyosi and play of giants.

AFRICAN RITERS AND POETS

CHINUA ACHEBE Nigerian novelist and

poet His 1st novel was

entitled THINGS FALL APART

He has been co-editor of okike

AFRICAN WRITERS AND POETS

- OKIKE (Was of Africa's most

influential literary magazines) - Other works: THE ARROW OF

GOD, A MAN OF THE PEOPLE, GIRLS AT WAR, CHRISTMAS IN BIAFRA AND OTHER POEMS

AFRICAN WRITERS AND POETS

JOHN PEPPER CLARK Nigerian poet, dramatist,

and literary critic Born: APRIL 6, 1935 Plays: OZIDI AND SONG

OF GOAT Representative of his

poetry was the volume, A DEVADE OF TONGUES.

AFRICAN WRITERS AND POETS

NGUGI WA THIONG’O Born: JANUARY 5, 1938IN KENYA The most important eastAfrican novelist 1st two novels: WEEP NOT,

CHILD AND THE RIVER BETWEEN

AFRICAN WRITERS AND POETS

THINGS FALL APART

BY CHINUA ACHEBE

OKONKWO – Respected and influential

leader UNOKA – Okonkwo’s father IKEMEFUNA – He was given to the

village as a peace offering by neighboring mbaino

NWOYE – Okonkwo’s son OJIUGO – Youngest wife of okonkwo EKWEFI – Second wife of okonkwo

CHARACTERS:

OGBUEFI EZEUDER – Oldest man

in the village OBIERIKA – Okonkwo’s best friend EZINMA – Daughter of Okonkwo

and his wife Ekwefi EGWUGWU – Nine clan leaders,

also represent nine villages of Umuofia

MGBAFO – Had been severely beaten by her husband

CHARACTERS:

CHIELO – Toldcaves okonkwo

that agbala needs to see ezinma

AGBALA – The oracle of the hills and caves

UCHENDU – Uncle of okonkwo And a village elder of mbanta

CHI – Personal spirit

CHARACTERS:

EFULEFU – 1st recruits of the

missionaries; they are weak and worthless men of the village

MR. BROWN – The white missionary

REVEREND JAMES SMITH - Becomes the new head of the christian church

CHARACTERS:

VOLATILE – Liable to change rapidly

and unpredictably , especially for the worse

APT – Having a tendency to do something

PROVOCATION – Action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately

EXILE – Expel, banish, drive out, throw out; to be away from one’s home

VOCABULARY:

KINSMAN – A man who is one of

person’s blood relations MACHETE - A broad knife used as an

implement or weapon BEHEADS – Form of execution CLANSMAN – A male member of a clan ORACLE – Authority, mentor, and

adviser SQUANDERED – Waste something in a

reckless and foolish manner

VOCABULARY:

UMUOFIA – Located in

eastern nigeria MBANTA – Native village

of okonkwo’s mother

SETTING:

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