03435cam a2200397 i 4500 21165711 20231016114026.0 190828s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 2019038494 9780367136529 9780367136536 9780429027796 IEN/DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc PR9340.5 .K35 2020 820.9/9287096 23 Kalu, Anthonia C., author. Women, literature and development in Africa / Anthonia C. Kalu. 2nd ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020. 204 p. ; 25 cm Rethinking development Includes Biblio. Ref. and index. Introduction -- The African Woman and African Literary Criticism -- African Literary Theory and Research -- Paradigms of Tradition and Modernity: (Re)Centering Women in African Literature -- Nwanyibuife: Women and the Social Construction of Gender in African Development -- Language and Development in Africa -- Ala: Gendered Space and Development in Africa -- Women, Narrative Traditions and African Religious Thought -- Cultural Translations and Education in Africa. "This book is a powerful exploration of the role of women in the evolution of African thinking and narratives on development, from the precolonial period right through to the modern day. Whilst the book identifies women's oppression and marginalization as significant challenges to contemporary Africa's advancement, it also explores how new written narratives draw on traditional African knowledge systems to bring deep-rooted and sometimes radical approaches to progress. The book asserts that Africans must tell their own stories, expressed through the complex meanings and nuances of African languages, and often conveyed through oral traditions and storytelling, in which women play an important role. The book's close examination of language and meaning in the African narrative tradition advances the illumination and elevation of African storytelling as part of a viable and valid knowledge base in its own right, rather than as an extension of European paradigms and methods. Anthonia Kalu's new edition of this important book, fully revised throughout, will also include fresh analysis of the role of digital media, education and religion in African narratives. At a time when the prominence and participation of African women in development and socio-political debates is growing, this book's exploration of their lived experiences and narrative contribution will be of interest to students of African literature, gender studies, development, history, and sociology"-- African literature (English) Women authors History and criticism. Women and literature Developing countries. Women and literature Africa. Women in economic development Africa. Developing countries In literature. Online version: Kalu, Anthonia C., Women, literature and development in.Africa 2. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9780429027796 (DLC) 2019038495 Rethinking development. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOKS PR 9340.5 K35 2020 31876 31876 0 0 lcc 0 0 MUC MUC AFR 2023-09-18 Purchase-Falcon Books 0 PR 9340.5 K35 2020 39691 2023-10-16 2023-10-16 BOOKS