A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa

A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa
Author: Patrick Chabal
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2002-06-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780253215659

" . . . useful, timely, and important . . . a good and informative book on the Lusophone countries, Portuguese colonialism, and postcolonial influences." —Phyllis Martin, Indiana University "This book, produced by the obvious—and distinguished—corps of country specialists . . . fills a real gap in both state-level and 'regional' (broadly defined) studies of contemporary Africa." —Norrie MacQueen, University of Dundee Although the five Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa that gained independence in 1974/75—Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and São Tomé e Príncipe—differ from each other in many ways, they share a history of Portuguese rule going back to the 15th century, which has left a mark to this day. Patrick Chabal and his co-authors assess the nature of the Portuguese legacy, using a twofold approach. In Part I, three analytical, thematic chapters by Chabal examine what the five countries have in common and how they differ from the rest of Africa. In Part II, individual chapters by leading specialists, each devoted to a specific country, survey the histories of those countries since independence. The book places the postcolonial experience of the Lusophone countries within the context of their precolonial and colonial past and compares and contrasts their experience with that of non-Lusophone African states. The result is a comprehensive, readable, and up-to-date text and reference work on the evolution of postcolonial Portuguese-speaking Africa.

Lusophone Africa

Lusophone Africa
Author: Fernando Arenas
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 081666983X

Situates the cultures of Portuguese-speaking Africa within the postcolonial, global era.

The Post-colonial Literature of Lusophone Africa

The Post-colonial Literature of Lusophone Africa
Author: Moema Parente Augel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780810114234

The six contributions to this volume provide a survey of some of the best contemporary literature of Portuguese-speaking Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and Sao Tome and Principe. Includes a bibliography of the literature from Lusophone Africa published between 1975 and 1994. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Cultures of the Lusophone Black Atlantic

Cultures of the Lusophone Black Atlantic
Author: N. Naro
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2007-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230606989

This book addresses the Lusophone Black Atlantic as a space of historical and cultural production between Portugal, Brazil, and Africa. The authors demonstrate how it has been shaped by diverse colonial cultures including the Portuguese imperial project. The Lusophone context offers a unique perspective on the history of the Atlantic.

A History of African Linguistics

A History of African Linguistics
Author: H. Ekkehard Wolff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2019-06-13
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1108417973

The first global history of African linguistics as an emerging autonomous academic discipline, covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

Voices from an Empire

Voices from an Empire
Author: Russell G. Hamilton
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1975-07-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0816657815

Voices From an Empire was first published in 1975. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The literature of the various regions of Lusophone Africa has received relatively little critical attention compared with that which has been focused on the work of writers in the English- and French- speaking countries of Africa. With the profound changes which are occurring in the social and political structures of Lusophone Africa, there is particular need for the comprehensive look at Afro-Protuguese literature which this account provides. Professor Hamilton traces the development of this literature in the broad perspective of it social, cultural, and aesthetic context. He discusses the whole of the Afro-Portuguese literary phenomenon, as it occurs on the Cape Verde archipelago, in Guinea-Bissau, on the Guinea Gulf islands of Sao Tome and Principe, in Angola, and in Mozambique. In an introduction he discusses some basic questions about Afro-Protuguese literature, among them, the matter of a definition of this body of writing, the implications of the concept of negritude, the role of Portugal and Brazil in Afro-Portuguese literature, and the social and cultural significance of the dominant literary themes found in the various regions of Lusophone Africa. Because he sees the regionalist movement in Angola as the most significant in terms of a neo-African orientation, he begins the book with an extensive study of the literature of that country. Many examples of afro-Portuguese poetry are given, both in the original language and in the English translation. There is a bibliography, and a map shows the African regions of study.

A Companion to African Literatures

A Companion to African Literatures
Author: Olakunle George
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2021-03-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1119058171

Rediscover the diversity of modern African literatures with this authoritative resource edited by a leader in the field How have African literatures unfolded in their rich diversity in our modern era of decolonization, nationalisms, and extensive transnational movement of peoples? How have African writers engaged urgent questions regarding race, nation, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality? And how do African literary genres interrelate with traditional oral forms or audio-visual and digital media? A Companion to African Literatures addresses these issues and many more. Consisting of essays by distinguished scholars and emerging leaders in the field, this book offers rigorous, deeply engaging discussions of African literatures on the continent and in diaspora. It covers the four main geographical regions (East and Central Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa), presenting ample material to learn from and think with. A Companion To African Literatures is divided into five parts. The first four cover different regions of the continent, while the fifth part considers conceptual issues and newer directions of inquiry. Chapters focus on literatures in European languages officially used in Africa -- English, French, and Portuguese -- as well as homegrown African languages: Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Swahili, and Yoruba. With its lineup of lucid and authoritative analyses, readers will find in A Companion to African Literatures a distinctive, rewarding academic resource. Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students in literary studies programs with an African focus, A Companion to African Literatures will also earn a place in the libraries of teachers, researchers, and professors who wish to strengthen their background in the study of African literatures.

Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640

Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640
Author: David Wheat
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2016-03-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469623803

This work resituates the Spanish Caribbean as an extension of the Luso-African Atlantic world from the late sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth century, when the union of the Spanish and Portuguese crowns facilitated a surge in the transatlantic slave trade. After the catastrophic decline of Amerindian populations on the islands, two major African provenance zones, first Upper Guinea and then Angola, contributed forced migrant populations with distinct experiences to the Caribbean. They played a dynamic role in the social formation of early Spanish colonial society in the fortified port cities of Cartagena de Indias, Havana, Santo Domingo, and Panama City and their semirural hinterlands. David Wheat is the first scholar to establish this early phase of the "Africanization" of the Spanish Caribbean two centuries before the rise of large-scale sugar plantations. With African migrants and their descendants comprising demographic majorities in core areas of Spanish settlement, Luso-Africans, Afro-Iberians, Latinized Africans, and free people of color acted more as colonists or settlers than as plantation slaves. These ethnically mixed and economically diversified societies constituted a region of overlapping Iberian and African worlds, while they made possible Spain's colonization of the Caribbean.

The Portuguese-Speaking Diaspora

The Portuguese-Speaking Diaspora
Author: Darlene J. Sadlier
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1477311483

The imperial diaspora -- The Lusophone African diaspora -- Oriental imaginings and travel at the turn of the twentieth century -- Into the wilderness : the race for Africa and the promise of Brazil -- The Casa dos Estudantes do Império and mensagem -- A Lusotropicalist tourist and soldiers, East Indians, and Cape Verdeans on the move -- War in Africa and the global economy : leaving home and returning -- Epilogue : the Portuguese-speaking diaspora and "Lusofonia