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African philosophical and literary possibilities : re-reading the canon
- Title
- African philosophical and literary possibilities : re-reading the canon / Edited by Aretha Phiri.
- Publication
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2020]
- ©2020
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Phiri, Aretha
- Description
- xix, 159 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This volume probes the interdisciplinary relationships between African literature and African philosophy within the context of epistemological decolonization and the (South) African scholarly transformation project. The contributors map out how philosophy and literature can be viewed as mutually enriching disciplines within and for Africa"--
- Series Statement
- African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
- Uniform Title
- African philosophy (Lanham, Md.)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : Re-reading the Canon, re-reading Africa / Aretha Phiri -- Philosophy and an African conscience / Oritsegbubemi Anthony Oyowe -- African literature as a handmaid of African philosophy / Chielozona Eze -- Conflict and compromise in three novels of the Eastern Cape / George Hill -- Blind Sisyphus : two perspectives on Meursault / Pedro Tabensky -- Digital media, literacies, literature, and the African humanities / Pier Paolo Frassinelli, Lisa Treffry-Goatley -- African gaze : Hollywood/Nollywood and the postcolonial science fiction imagery in Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon / Rocío Cobo-Piñero -- Transgressing borders : (Re)imag(in)ing Africa(ns) in the world / Aretha Phiri -- "The Whims of the White Masters" : Miriam Tlali's Between Two Worlds and the totality of white power / Marzia Milazzo.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-1021
- ISBN
- 9781498571241
- 1498571247
- OCLC
- 1152058134
- Title
- African philosophical and literary possibilities : re-reading the canon / Edited by Aretha Phiri.
- Publisher
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global DialogueAfrican philosophy (Lanham, Md.)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- ED: RHODES UNIVERSITY.
- Added Author
- Phiri, Aretha, editor.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-1021