Perspectives on Translation and Interpretation in Cameroon

Perspectives on Translation and Interpretation in Cameroon
Author: N. Chia
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2009-08-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9956716278

Perspectives on Translation and Interpretation in Cameroon is the first volume of a book series of the Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters (ASTI) of the University of Buea. It opens a window into the wide dynamic and interesting area of translation and interpretation in a multilingual Cameroon that had on the eve of independence and unification opted for official bilingualism in French and English. The book comprises contributions from scholars of translation in the broad area of translation, comprising: the concept of translation and its pedagogy, the history of translation and, the state of the art of translation as a discipline, profession and practice. The book also focuses on acquisition of translation competences through training, and chronicles the history of translation in Cameroon through the contributions of both Cameroonian and European actors from the German through the French and English colonial periods to the postcolonial present in their minutia. Rich, original and comprehensive, the book is a timely and invaluable contribution to the growing community of translators and interpreters in Africa and globally.

Ufahamu

Ufahamu
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2008
Genre: Africa
ISBN:

Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
Total Pages: 1260
Release: 1995
Genre: Literature
ISBN: 9780877790426

Describes authors, works, and literary terms from all eras and all parts of the world.

The Black Mind

The Black Mind
Author: Oscar Ronald Dathorne
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 541
Release: 1976
Genre:
ISBN: 1452912289

African Literature in French

African Literature in French
Author: Dorothy S. Blair
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1976-11-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521211956

This 1976 book provides both a historical survey and a critical analysis of the literature in French from West and Equatorial Africa. Professor Blair begins by discussing the social, educational and political influences which led to the formation of the Negritude movement and to a flowering of French-African creative writing. This historical approach is then complemented by a study of the different literary genres. She traces the evolution of the first manifestations of literary activity in French by African writers, the written folk-tale, fable and short story, from the oral tradition of the indigenous culture, and the eventual appearance of the novel with a legendary or historical theme. The origins of French-African drama are considered for the first time, and the work of the minor poets analysed. Finally, Professor Blair attempts a definition of the French-African novel, and studies examples from three major periods from the 1930s onwards.