{"product_id":"legacies-of-departed-african-women-writers-matrix-of-creativity-and-power-9781666914658","title":"Legacies of Departed African Women Writers:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegacies of Passed African Women Writers: Matrix of Creativity and Power proffers varied perspectives of the invaluable contributions of ten deceased African writers from all across Africa who have cleared the path to a vibrant African feminist arena. The dynamics of change gleaned from both their textual and contextual concerns unarguably set the pace for contemporary African women writers who have striven to follow in the footsteps of their literary mothers as well as their oral foremothers. This book, edited by Helen Chukwuma and Chioma Carol Opara, shows the collective testament of ample creativity and power generated by these departed heroes: Flora Nwapa, Mariama Ba, Grace Ogot, Zulu Sofola, Bessie Head, Buchi Emecheta, Nawal El Saadawi, Assia Djebar, Yvonne Vera, and Nadine Gordimer. These chapters revolve around the positive impact of the celebrated writers on creative writing, theoretical formulations, and socio-cultural change. The contributors argue that these corpus of works have illuminated creativity rooted in power, vision, and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Containing richly layered tributes to ten pioneering African women writers, this book offers inspiration to the next generation of authors and scholars. The contributors are influential literary critics who remind us not to forget the oral genres, humor, and spirit of resistance that inspired the earliest women writers, and alert us to the ongoing impact of these foundational authors on the shape of African literature today.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Stephanie Newell, Yale University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Helen Chukwuma and Chioma Carol Opara brought together an impressive array of African literary scholars, all of whom write with deep insight and theoretical adriotness on the heritage of African women authors in general and ten selected departed writers in particular. With this remarkable anthology of scholarship, these writers' pioneering voices are firmly established in the canon of African Letters. Legacies of Departed African Women Writers: Matrix of Creativity and Power is indispensable for contemporary African literary studies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Hein Willemse, University of Pretoria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Resounding Gongs of Fallen Female Heroes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChioma Carol Opara and Helen O. Chukwuma \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Affirming the Charismatic Pathfinder: Flora Nwapa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003e“Flora Nwapa: The One Who Dwells in Wealth” \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthonia Kalu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eUwa Umunwanyi, Uwa Oma: Flora Nwapa and Women’s History and Culture in Efuru and Idu \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkachi Adimora- Ezeigbo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eFlora Nwapa, Feminism and the Burden of History \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eKemi Wale- Olaitan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eFlora Nwapa’s Efuru: The Personified Goddess \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthonia Adadevoh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eForces and Flaws in Flora Nwapa’s Efuru and Idu \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerp St. Remy Asiegbu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Orality and Rootedness in Culture and Tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eWolof Taasu Genre as Narrative Device in Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAda Uzoamaka Azodo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003e Non-Verbalized Communication of True Love in Traditional Dholuo in Grace Ogot’s The Promised Land \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eEunita Ochola\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eValidation of Culture: A Re-reading of ‘Zulu Sofola’s Wedlock of the Gods and King Emene: A Tragedy of Rebellion. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eNkem Okoh \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: Interrogating Identity, Autonomy, and History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eArchetypes of the Mother and the Scapegoat in Grace Ogot’s Fiction \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnyemaechi Udumukwu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eBessie Head: World Writer from Africa \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary S. Lederer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eNarrating Hybridity: The Synthesis of Tradition and Modernity in Buchi Emecheta’s Double Yoke \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolomon Omatsola Azumurana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eDepravity and Mental Torture in Nawal El Saadawi’s Two Women inOne and Woman at PointZero \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eQueen Albert and Onyemechi Nwaeke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003e Resurrecting Women from the Margins of History: Feminist Synergy in Selected Works by Assia Djebar \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eRose A. Sackeyfio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: Confronting Containment with Resistance and Freedom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e From Passivity to Defiance: The Figure of Woman in Yvonne Vera’s Novels Blessing Diala-Ogamba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Buchi Emecheta Phenomenon \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustine Amanze Akpuda\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003e Twin Kernels in One Pod: Naming of Nawal and Firdaus in El Saadawi’s A Daughter of Isis and Woman at Point Zero \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinyere Grace Okafor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eWomen,Tradition and Resistance in Zulu Sofola’s Wedlock of the Gods\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrene Isoken Salami-Agunloye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003e Nadine Gordimer’s Multiplex Legacy \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eIkeogu Oke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5: Dynamics of Power and Narrative Voice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eLanguage Use in the Discourse of Otherness in Bessie Head’s Maru \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eOmeh Obasi Ngwoke and Okwudiri Anasiudu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003e Synthesis of Binaries: The Mediating Voice in Mariama Ba’s Novels \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eChioma Carol Opara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Un Cri de Coeur \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie Umeh\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042011873623,"sku":"9781666914658","price":82.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781666914658.jpg?v=1750952617","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/legacies-of-departed-african-women-writers-matrix-of-creativity-and-power-9781666914658","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}