Representing Africa in Children's Literature

Representing Africa in Children's Literature
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 163
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781135923679
ISBN-13 : 1135923671
Rating : 4/5 (671 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Representing Africa in Children's Literature by : Vivian Yenika-Agbaw

Download or read book Representing Africa in Children's Literature written by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing Africa in Children’s Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically examining the dominant images of Africa and Africans in books published between 1960 and 2005. The book focuses on contemporary children’s and young adult literature set in Africa, examining issues regarding colonialism, the politics of representation, and the challenges posed to both "insiders" and "outsiders" writing about Africa for children.


Representing Africa in Children's Literature Related Books

Representing Africa in Children's Literature
Language: en
Pages: 163
Authors: Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-13 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

Representing Africa in Children’s Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically examining th
Africa Is Not a Country
Language: en
Pages: 48
Authors: Margy Burns Knight
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-01 - Publisher: First Avenue Editions

GET EBOOK

Demonstrates the diversity of the African continent by describing daily life in some of its fifty-three nations.
Children of the Quicksands
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Efua Traoré
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-07-26 - Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

GET EBOOK

A richly imagined magical adventure set in West Africa by a prize-winning new voice in children's writing, Children of the Quicksands introduces readers to Yoru
Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa
Language: en
Pages: 314
Authors: Yulisa Amadu Maddy
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-12-28 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

In the spirit of their last collaboration, Apartheid and Racism in South African Children's Literature, 1985-1995, Yulisa Amadu Maddy and Donnarae MacCann once
Children and Youth in the Labour Process in Africa
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Osita Agbu
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-15 - Publisher: African Books Collective

GET EBOOK

It is increasingly clear that children and the youth today play a significant role in the labour process in Africa. But, to what extent is this role benign? And