Africa, UK, and Ireland

Africa, UK, and Ireland
Author: Rinos Mwanaka
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2018-06-12
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0797496882

Africa, UK, and Ireland: Writing Politics and Knowledge Production comprises 6 scholarly/nonfiction essays, 7 short stories, 67 poems, and 2 plays from writers and poets based in the UK, Africa and Ireland the diasporas. It focuses on politics and knowledge production acting as a vehicle in which the production of new knowledge between these three regions/countries intersects in the literary sphere. It dissects the scientific methods of producing knowledge through the act of producing new knowledge, it looks at the management of knowledge, the processing and sharing of knowledge, and dissects, artistically and critically. It further stresses the importance of the ownership of knowledge and how this knowledge shapes politics. The collection contains work from up-and-coming poets and writers, alongside established ones, also included are pieces from academic scholars, essayists, poets, writers of fiction, playwrights. Africa, UK, and Ireland: Writing Politics and Knowledge Production will prove useful to literary and language theorists, poetry collections, political sciences, social sciences and human sciences, general academia and readers, education departments and students.

The Lianja Epic

The Lianja Epic
Author: Mubima Maneniang'
Publisher: East African Publishers
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9789966467669

Since around the fourteenth century this heroic narrative has been handed down the generations orally within the Mongo People, and has now been published in English for the first time. The translation captures the African imagery, idiom and forms of literary expression. With the themes of peace, unity and reconciliation at its centre, the author encompasses and depicts the rich cultural heritage of the Mongo people. The narrative is simultaneously an expose of the great deeds of a legendary Mongo hero and the fascinating socio-historical, economic and religious context in which the Mongo have lived and continue to live.

Poems from East Africa

Poems from East Africa
Author: David Cook
Publisher: East African Publishers
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1996
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9789966460196

The spirit of the poetic flowering of the 1960s is encapsulated in this comprehensive anthology. The collection gives voice to some fifty poets from Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, writing in English. The diversity of the interests and styles of the individual poets is illustrated: a blend of the gentle lyricism that is a feature of East African writing. All the major poets are included, and many not so well known. Amongst the best known are Jared Angira, Jonathan Kariara, Joseph Kariuki, Taban Lo Liyong, Okot p'Bitek, and David Rubadiri - one of the editors.

Song for the Sun in Us

Song for the Sun in Us
Author: Okello Oculi
Publisher: East African Publishers
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2000
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9789966250568

Okello Oculi is one of East Africa's foremost and pioneering writers. Born in Uganda, his poetry belongs to the same school as that of Okot p'Bitek and Joseph Brunga. It is a school that seeks to re-assert African cultural heritage with a critique of foreign influences. His voice is both evocative of a receding Africa and a declamatory dialogue with the new Africa. There are three main themes running through this new collection: the ecology of humans, animals and the natural world; Africa's ideological ancestory; and the interaction of political theory and literary enterprise.

Tired!

Tired!
Author: Joseph K. Kagimu
Publisher: East African Publishers
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2000
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9789966250278

Tides of Time

Tides of Time
Author: Jared Angira
Publisher: East African Publishers
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1996
Genre: Kenya
ISBN: 9789966467416