African Literature As Political Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor M.S.C. Okolo was educated at the University of Calabar! and at the University of Ibadan where she received a prize-winning Ph.D in Philosophy. She has contributed to many short stories and poetry anthologies! and her short story 'Those Days' won a Liberty Bank Merchant Prize. Klappentext This book looks in particular at Achebe's "Anthills of the Savannah" and "Petals of Blood" by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, but situates these within the broader context of developments in African literature over the past half-century, discussing writers from Ayi Kwei Armah to Wole Soyinka. M.S.C. Okolo provides a thorough analysis of the authors' differing approaches and how these emerge from the literature. Okolo argues that these authors have been profoundly affected by the political situation of Africa, but have also helped to create a new African political philosophy. Zusammenfassung Arguing that authors like Chinua Achebe! Ngugi wa Thiongo and others have helped to create a distinct African political philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Abbreviations 1. Introduction: A Neglected Benefit 2. Literature as Philosophy: A Theoretical Framework 3. Chinua Achebe and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o as Political Thinkers 4. Achebe's Reformist Agenda in Anthills of the Savannah 5. Ngugi's Marxist Aesthetics 6. Achebe and Ngugi on the African Condition 7. Which Way for Africa Notes; Bibliography; Index

Product details

• Authors: M. S. C. Okolo, M.s.c. Okolo, Mary Stella Chika Okolo
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2007
• EAN: 9781842778944
• ISBN: 978-1-84277-894-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Africa in the New Millennium; Africa in the New Millennium
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education