The Rienner anthology of African literature /
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作 者：edited by Anthonia C. Kalu.
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ISBN：9781588264916
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Kalu (black studies, U. of Northern Colorado) presents an anthology of literature by African writers, including myths and legends, early autobiographies written by African slaves, and works by well-known and new writers such as Amos Tutuola, Peter Abrahams, Camara Laye, James Ene Henshaw, Chinua Achebe, Miriama Ba, Bessie Head, Tayeb Salih, and Wole Soyinka. It is organized chronologically and then by region, beginning with the oral tradition and slave trade up to the present. She attempts to present main ideas and genres in African literature, and focuses only on works written in English or that have been translated. Biographical notes on each of the writers are provided at the end of the volume. Annotation 漏2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Table Of Contents:
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Part 1 The Oral Tradition
North Africa
The King Climbs to the Sky on a Ladder 22
The King Joins the Sun God 23
The Dead King Hunts and Eats the Gods 25
The Instruction of Prince Hardjedef 29
The Shipwrecked Sailor 30
West Africa
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky 36
The Origin of Death 37
Contest at the Baobab Tree 39
Three Fast Men 40
Sun God Brings Iron to Man 41
Anansi Borrows Money 42
脌j脿p脿 and 脌谩y谩 Onfr霉-M茅je (The Seven-tailed Colobus Monkey) 44
The Song of Gimmile 52
D.T. Niane, The Epic of Sundiata 54
Gasire's Lute 83
How Twins Came Among the Yoruba 89
Iron Is Received from Ogun 92
Central Africa
The Running of Ture and One-leg 96
Ngomba's Basket 99
Nchonzo Nkila's Dance Drum 102
The Woman Who Killed Her Co-Wife 105
The Mwindo Epic 108
East Africa and the Horn
Wanjiru, Sacrificed by Her People 124
The Legend of Kintu 126
Adventures of Abunuwas, Trickster Hero 130
The Brothers, Sun and Moon, and the Pretty Girl 133
How Makeda Visited Jerusalem, and How Menelik Became King 137
The Story of Liongo: A Tale of the Swahili People 145
A Battle of Eghal Shillet: A Somali Story 149
Love Song 152
Fortitude 153
Southern Africa
Mantis Creates an Eland 156
Why the Hippo Has a Stumpy Tail 160
Nwashisisana, the Hare 162
Untombinde, the Tall Maiden 168
Zimwa-mbanje the Hemp Smoker 172
Dingiswayo, Son of Jobe of the Mthethwa Clan 175
Nandi, Daughter of Mbengi of the Langeni Clan 178
Mnkabayi, Daughter of Jama of the Zulu Clan 179
Senzangakhona 180
Part 2 Early African Autobiographies: The Slave Trade
Olaudah Equiano, Equiano's Travels 185
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, The African Travels of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq 200
Ali Eisami Gazirmabe, Narrative of the Travels of Ali Eisami 206
Samuel Ajayi Crowther, The Narrative of Samuel Ajayi Crowther 212
Petro Kilekwa, Slave Boy to Priest 221
Part 3 The Colonial Period, 1885-1956
West Africa
Andrew Amankwa Opoku, River Afram 234
Camara Laye, The Dark Child (Chapters 2-3) 241
James Ene Henshaw, The Jewels of the Shrine: A Play in One Act 253
Amos Tutuola, The Palm-Wine Drinkard 270
Central Africa
Patrice Emery Lumumba, Dawn in the Heart of Africa 280
Southern Africa
Thomas Mofolo, Chaka (Chapters 3-4) 284
St. J. Page Yako, The Contraction and Enclosure of the Land 293
Sob. W. Nkuhlu, The Land of the People Once Living 294
Peter Abrahams, Mine Boy (Chapter 4) 298
Es'kia Mphahlele, Exile in Nigeria 311
Part 4 The Postcolonial Period, 1957 to the Present
North Africa
Tayeb Salih, The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid 320
Yusuf Sibai, The Country Boy 330
Assia Djebar, My Father Writes to My Mother 334
Driss Chraibi, Mother Comes of Age (Chapters 2-3) 337
Mustapha Tlili, Lion Mountain (Chapters 3-4) 350
Nawal el Saadawi, The Fall of the Imam 356
Dani猫le Amrane, You Called to Me, Prison Windows 374
Rachida Madani, Here I Am Once More... 375
Andr茅e Chedid, Who Remains Standing? 377
, Stepping Aside 378
Amina Said, And We Were Born 379
, The Africa of the Statue 380
Tawfiq Al-Hakim, Food for the Millions (Acts 1-3) 381
West Africa
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (Chapters 3-4) 460
Flora Nwapa, Efuru (Chapters 9-10) 470
Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy 488
Mariama B芒, So Long a Letter (Chapters 1-8) 498
Buchi Emecheta, Kehinde (Chapters 13-14) 510
Sembene Ousmane, Tribal Scars or The Voltaique 518
Zaynab Alkali, Saltless Ash 529
T. Obinkaram Echewa, I Saw the Sky Catch Fire (Chapter 11) 536
Benjamin Kwakye, The Clothes of Nakedness (Chapters 8-9) 556
Makuchi, Market Scene 564
Anthonia Kalu, Independence 573
Kofi Awoonor, Songs of Sorrow 585
Kojo Gyinaye Kyei, African in Louisiana 587
Bernard Dadie, I Thank You God 588
Kofi Anyidoho, Our Birth-Cord 590
, Rush-Hour in Soul-City 592
Maria Manuela Margarido, You Who Occupy Our Land 594
Ifi Amadiume, Nok Lady in Terracotta 595
Ezenwa Ohaeto, It Is Easy to Forget 598
Abena P.A. Busia, Achimota: From the Story My Mother Taught Me 600
L.S. Senghor, Letter to a Poet (To Aime Cesaire) 602
, Murders 604
Birago Diop, Breath 605
Lenrie Peters, Soweto, I Know Your Anguish 608
, I Am Talking to You My Sister 610
Wole Soyinka, Abiku 612
, Telephone Conversation 614
Christopher Okigbo, Heavensgate (I, V) 616
Niyi Osundare, Goree 620
, Our Earth Will Not Die 626
Tanure Ojaide, Launching Our Community Development Fund 628
, When Tomorrow Is Too Long 629
Naana Banyiwa Horne, Nana Bosompo 630
, Nananom (A Tribute to Those Gone On) 632
, Heritage 635
Otymeyin Agbajoh-Laoye, Motherhood Cut Short 636
, Yanga Woman 638
Wole Soyinka, The Trials of Brother Jero (Act 1, Scenes 1-3) 639
Ama Ata Aidoo, Anowa (excerpt from Phase 1) 658
Central Africa
Henri Lopes, The Honourable Gentleman 674
E.B. Dongala, The Man 680
Henri Lopes, The Advance 685
Tchicaya U Tam'si, Agony 691
East Africa and the Horn
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Mugumo 696
Awuor Ayoda, Workday 701 Violet Dias Lannoy, The Story of Jesus
According to Mokuba, the Beloved Tribesman 708
Meja Mwangi, Striving for the Wind (Chapter 2) 723
Peter Anyang'-Nyong'O, Daughter of the Low Land 731
Walter Odame, By the Long Road 733
, Dear Child 735
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, Home-Coming Son 737
Okot p'Bitek, Song of Lawino 739 Ngugi wa Thiong' o and Ngugi wa Mirii, I Will Marry When I Want (Act 1) 752
Southern Africa
Bessie Head, The Deep River: A Story of
Ancient Tribal Migration 802
Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane, The Children of Soweto 807
Nadine Gordimer, A City of the Dead, A City of the Living 822
Bernard Luis Honwana, We Killed Mangy-Dog 834
Dambudzo Marechera, Black Skin What Mask 858
Milly Jafta, The Home-Coming 863
Gugu Ndlovu, The Barrel of a Pen 865
Gcina Mhlope, The Toilet 872
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions (Chapter 4) 878
Sindiwe Magona, A State of Outrage 893
Dennis Brutus, Robben Island Sequence 902
Gcina Mhlope, Sometimes When It Rains 905
No茅mia de Sousa, Poem of a Distant Childhood 907
, Let My People Go 910
Jean-Joseph Rab茅arivelo, Cactus 912
, Zebu 913
Agostinho Neto, Kinaxixi 915
, Hoisting the Flag 916
Chenjerai Hove, Nursery Rhyme After a War 918
, To the Wielders of Flags 919
Mazisi Kunene, A Note to All Surviving Africans 921
Njabulo S. Ndebele, The Revolution of the Aged 922
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, An Abandoned Bundle 924
, The Face of Hunger 925
Lewis Nkosi, The Rhythm of Violence (Act 1, Scenes 1-3) 926
Biographical Notes 945
Suggested Readings 962
Index by Author and Title 966
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Part 1 The Oral Tradition
North Africa
The King Climbs to the Sky on a Ladder 22
The King Joins the Sun God 23
The Dead King Hunts and Eats the Gods 25
The Instruction of Prince Hardjedef 29
The Shipwrecked Sailor 30
West Africa
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky 36
The Origin of Death 37
Contest at the Baobab Tree 39
Three Fast Men 40
Sun God Brings Iron to Man 41
Anansi Borrows Money 42
脌j脿p脿 and 脌谩y谩 Onfr霉-M茅je (The Seven-tailed Colobus Monkey) 44
The Song of Gimmile 52
D.T. Niane, The Epic of Sundiata 54
Gasire's Lute 83
How Twins Came Among the Yoruba 89
Iron Is Received from Ogun 92
Central Africa
The Running of Ture and One-leg 96
Ngomba's Basket 99
Nchonzo Nkila's Dance Drum 102
The Woman Who Killed Her Co-Wife 105
The Mwindo Epic 108
East Africa and the Horn
Wanjiru, Sacrificed by Her People 124
The Legend of Kintu 126
Adventures of Abunuwas, Trickster Hero 130
The Brothers, Sun and Moon, and the Pretty Girl 133
How Makeda Visited Jerusalem, and How Menelik Became King 137
The Story of Liongo: A Tale of the Swahili People 145
A Battle of Eghal Shillet: A Somali Story 149
Love Song 152
Fortitude 153
Southern Africa
Mantis Creates an Eland 156
Why the Hippo Has a Stumpy Tail 160
Nwashisisana, the Hare 162
Untombinde, the Tall Maiden 168
Zimwa-mbanje the Hemp Smoker 172
Dingiswayo, Son of Jobe of the Mthethwa Clan 175
Nandi, Daughter of Mbengi of the Langeni Clan 178
Mnkabayi, Daughter of Jama of the Zulu Clan 179
Senzangakhona 180
Part 2 Early African Autobiographies: The Slave Trade
Olaudah Equiano, Equiano's Travels 185
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, The African Travels of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq 200
Ali Eisami Gazirmabe, Narrative of the Travels of Ali Eisami 206
Samuel Ajayi Crowther, The Narrative of Samuel Ajayi Crowther 212
Petro Kilekwa, Slave Boy to Priest 221
Part 3 The Colonial Period, 1885-1956
West Africa
Andrew Amankwa Opoku, River Afram 234
Camara Laye, The Dark Child (Chapters 2-3) 241
James Ene Henshaw, The Jewels of the Shrine: A Play in One Act 253
Amos Tutuola, The Palm-Wine Drinkard 270
Central Africa
Patrice Emery Lumumba, Dawn in the Heart of Africa 280
Southern Africa
Thomas Mofolo, Chaka (Chapters 3-4) 284
St. J. Page Yako, The Contraction and Enclosure of the Land 293
Sob. W. Nkuhlu, The Land of the People Once Living 294
Peter Abrahams, Mine Boy (Chapter 4) 298
Es'kia Mphahlele, Exile in Nigeria 311
Part 4 The Postcolonial Period, 1957 to the Present
North Africa
Tayeb Salih, The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid 320
Yusuf Sibai, The Country Boy 330
Assia Djebar, My Father Writes to My Mother 334
Driss Chraibi, Mother Comes of Age (Chapters 2-3) 337
Mustapha Tlili, Lion Mountain (Chapters 3-4) 350
Nawal el Saadawi, The Fall of the Imam 356
Dani猫le Amrane, You Called to Me, Prison Windows 374
Rachida Madani, Here I Am Once More... 375
Andr茅e Chedid, Who Remains Standing? 377
, Stepping Aside 378
Amina Said, And We Were Born 379
, The Africa of the Statue 380
Tawfiq Al-Hakim, Food for the Millions (Acts 1-3) 381
West Africa
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (Chapters 3-4) 460
Flora Nwapa, Efuru (Chapters 9-10) 470
Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy 488
Mariama B芒, So Long a Letter (Chapters 1-8) 498
Buchi Emecheta, Kehinde (Chapters 13-14) 510
Sembene Ousmane, Tribal Scars or The Voltaique 518
Zaynab Alkali, Saltless Ash 529
T. Obinkaram Echewa, I Saw the Sky Catch Fire (Chapter 11) 536
Benjamin Kwakye, The Clothes of Nakedness (Chapters 8-9) 556
Makuchi, Market Scene 564
Anthonia Kalu, Independence 573
Kofi Awoonor, Songs of Sorrow 585
Kojo Gyinaye Kyei, African in Louisiana 587
Bernard Dadie, I Thank You God 588
Kofi Anyidoho, Our Birth-Cord 590
, Rush-Hour in Soul-City 592
Maria Manuela Margarido, You Who Occupy Our Land 594
Ifi Amadiume, Nok Lady in Terracotta 595
Ezenwa Ohaeto, It Is Easy to Forget 598
Abena P.A. Busia, Achimota: From the Story My Mother Taught Me 600
L.S. Senghor, Letter to a Poet (To Aime Cesaire) 602
, Murders 604
Birago Diop, Breath 605
Lenrie Peters, Soweto, I Know Your Anguish 608
, I Am Talking to You My Sister 610
Wole Soyinka, Abiku 612
, Telephone Conversation 614
Christopher Okigbo, Heavensgate (I, V) 616
Niyi Osundare, Goree 620
, Our Earth Will Not Die 626
Tanure Ojaide, Launching Our Community Development Fund 628
, When Tomorrow Is Too Long 629
Naana Banyiwa Horne, Nana Bosompo 630
, Nananom (A Tribute to Those Gone On) 632
, Heritage 635
Otymeyin Agbajoh-Laoye, Motherhood Cut Short 636
, Yanga Woman 638
Wole Soyinka, The Trials of Brother Jero (Act 1, Scenes 1-3) 639
Ama Ata Aidoo, Anowa (excerpt from Phase 1) 658
Central Africa
Henri Lopes, The Honourable Gentleman 674
E.B. Dongala, The Man 680
Henri Lopes, The Advance 685
Tchicaya U Tam'si, Agony 691
East Africa and the Horn
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Mugumo 696
Awuor Ayoda, Workday 701 Violet Dias Lannoy, The Story of Jesus
According to Mokuba, the Beloved Tribesman 708
Meja Mwangi, Striving for the Wind (Chapter 2) 723
Peter Anyang'-Nyong'O, Daughter of the Low Land 731
Walter Odame, By the Long Road 733
, Dear Child 735
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, Home-Coming Son 737
Okot p'Bitek, Song of Lawino 739 Ngugi wa Thiong' o and Ngugi wa Mirii, I Will Marry When I Want (Act 1) 752
Southern Africa
Bessie Head, The Deep River: A Story of
Ancient Tribal Migration 802
Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane, The Children of Soweto 807
Nadine Gordimer, A City of the Dead, A City of the Living 822
Bernard Luis Honwana, We Killed Mangy-Dog 834
Dambudzo Marechera, Black Skin What Mask 858
Milly Jafta, The Home-Coming 863
Gugu Ndlovu, The Barrel of a Pen 865
Gcina Mhlope, The Toilet 872
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions (Chapter 4) 878
Sindiwe Magona, A State of Outrage 893
Dennis Brutus, Robben Island Sequence 902
Gcina Mhlope, Sometimes When It Rains 905
No茅mia de Sousa, Poem of a Distant Childhood 907
, Let My People Go 910
Jean-Joseph Rab茅arivelo, Cactus 912
, Zebu 913
Agostinho Neto, Kinaxixi 915
, Hoisting the Flag 916
Chenjerai Hove, Nursery Rhyme After a War 918
, To the Wielders of Flags 919
Mazisi Kunene, A Note to All Surviving Africans 921
Njabulo S. Ndebele, The Revolution of the Aged 922
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, An Abandoned Bundle 924
, The Face of Hunger 925
Lewis Nkosi, The Rhythm of Violence (Act 1, Scenes 1-3) 926
Biographical Notes 945
Suggested Readings 962
Index by Author and Title 966
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