Loukoum

Loukoum
Author: Calixthe Beyala
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1995
Genre: Africans
ISBN:

Belleville is the African immigrant quarter of Paris, where seven year-old Loukoum lives with his family. While his father spends time having affairs and drinking in the cafe with fellow Africans, his father's two wives look after the children at home.

Multiculturalism & Hybridity in African Literatures

Multiculturalism & Hybridity in African Literatures
Author: African Literature Association. Meeting
Publisher: Africa World Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2000
Genre: Acculturation in literature
ISBN: 9780865438408

This volume of essays covers all phases and geographical areas of African literature, including lesser known areas such as oral literature, literature written in African languages and Lusophone literature. Also included are articles on Caribbean literature, developments in South African theatre, and two articles on African film. Several writers receive special attention: Chinua Achebe, Maryse Conde, Wole Soyinka, Niyi Osundare, Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Hampate Ba. Also included are the key-note addresses by Achebe, Conde and Osundare.

The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest

The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest
Author: Christophe Boesch
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780198505082

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Francophone Literatures

Francophone Literatures
Author: M. H. Offord
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2001
Genre: French language
ISBN: 9780415198394

Unique in its analysis both of literary and linguistic techniques, this text draws together extracts from novels written in French by writers from Francophone areas outside Europe, including North Africa, Black Africa, the Caribbean and North America.

Calixthe Beyala

Calixthe Beyala
Author: Nicki Hitchcott
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1846310288

The most successful female writer from Francophone Africa, Calixthe Beyala occupies an unusual place in French literary and popular culture. Her novels are bestsellers and she appears regularly on French television, yet a conviction for plagiarism has tarnished her reputation. Thus, she is both an “authentic” African author and a proven literary “fake.” In Calixthe Beyala, Nicki Hitchcott considers representations of Beyala in the media, critical responses to her writing, and Beyala’s efforts to position herself as a champion of women’s rights. Hitchcott pays equal attention to Beyala’s novels, tracing their explorations of the role of migration in the creation of personal identity.

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Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 325
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ISBN: 144522769X

Afrique Sur Seine

Afrique Sur Seine
Author: Odile Cazenave
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2006-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780739120637

Addresses the development since the 1950s of a new type of Francophone African novel created by first-generation African authors living in France. This book examines how these authors, men and women, part from mainstream African literature by exploring more personal avenues while retaining a shared interest in the community of African emigrants.

Post-Colonial Cultures in France

Post-Colonial Cultures in France
Author: Alec Hargreaves
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1136183698

Ethnic minorities, principally from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the surviving remnants of France's overseas empire, are increasingly visible in contemporary France. Post-Colonial Cultures in France edited by Alec Hargreaves and Mark McKinney is the first wide-ranging survey in English of the vibrant cultural practices now being forged by France's post-colonial minorities. The contributions in Post-Colonial Cultures in France cover both the ethnic diversity of minority groups and a variety of cultural forms ranging from literature and music to film and television. Using a diversity of critical and theoretical approaches from the disciplines of cultural studies, literary studies, migration studies, anthropology and history, Post-Colonial Cultures in France explores the globalization of cultures and international migration.

Entre-Textes

Entre-Textes
Author: Oana Panaïté
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2017-07-28
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 135177901X

Entre-Textes introduces advanced students of French to the richness of the Francophone world through literature from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. The course anthology is divided into fourteen modules, each of which pairs a classical text with a modern one. Students are guided to read works from different periods of time and cultural origin and consider how these echo, complement or question each other. Through comparing and contrasting the texts, students will develop a new approach to reading literature while simultaneously reinforcing linguistic and cultural competencies. Suitable for advanced students of French and featuring texts from across the French-speaking world, Entre-Textes is an innovative course anthology with a flexible structure and versatile methodology.