African Memoirs and Cultural Representations - Narrating Traditions

In this book, memoirs by West African writers are discussed as repositories of African communities, ranging from the traditional to the contemporary. Each memoir examined analyzes and sheds light on the inner workings of society via the individual, including the dynamic processes of African cultures, civilizations, and peoples.

List of contents

List of Figures; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One Mirror Effect: Narrating the Self through, Traditions and Cultures; Chapter Two The Universal and the Particular in African Memoirs; Chapter Three The Portraiture of Womanhood in Emmanuel, Babatunde's An African Journey through Celibate, Priesthood to Married Life; Chapter Four Politics, Philosophical Representation, and Culture in Cherno Njie's Sweat Is Invisible in the Rain; Chapter Five The Yoruba Worldview, Meanings, and Ideals of Life in Michael Afolayan's Fate of Our Mothers; Chapter Six The Indelibility of Igbo Tradition (Home) in Kalu Ogbaa's Carrying my Father's Torch; Chapter Seven Experiences, Reflections, and Refractions on the Cusp in A. B. Assensoh's A Matter of Sharing; Chapter Eight Toward a Spatial and Identity Synthesis: Regional Peculiarities in African Memoirs; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Toyin Falola is an author and editor of over one hundred and fifty books on Africa and the African Diaspora, and widely proclaimed as Africa's preeminent scholar and one of the major intellectuals of our time. A global icon in African Studies, Toyin Falola has received sixteen honorary doctorates.

Product details

• Authors: Toyin Falola, Falola Toyin
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2025
• EAN: 9781839987748
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-774-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Anthem Advances in African Cultural Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Essays, TRAVEL / Africa / General, Memoirs, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Trafficking, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, archeologists; West African memoirists