Dike Okoro

Mazisi Kunene (eBook, ePUB)

Literature, Activism, and African Worldview

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the life and work of Mazisi Kunene, the only recognized poet laureate of Africa, a Nobel Prize nominee, and a key symbol of African cultural independence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000827804
• Artikelnr.: 66381488

Autorenporträt

Dike Okoro is Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Humanities Department at Harris Stowe State University, USA. He is the author of Lupenga Mphande: Eco-critical Poet and Political Activist (2021). Okoro is a Senior Research Fellow at Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation and a past visiting scholar at University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION 1 1: After the UNESCO Award: Mazisi Kunene's poetic output 2:
Literature & Cultural Identity in Kunene's poetry 3: Imagery and tradition:
Mazisi Kunene and Kofi Awoonor 4: Nostalgic aesthetics/themes in Kunene's
work 5: Simultaneous existence (historical timelessness) and order of
literature in Kunene's work
SECTION 2 6: Mazisi Kunene's 'love poems: A Critical Analysis 7: Teaching
Mazisi Kunene to American Students 8: An appreciation: Mazisi Kunene
(1930-2006)
SECTION 3 9. The Greatness of Mazisi Kunene (An interview between Ntongela
Masilela and Dike Okoro) 10. The Legacy of Mazisi Kunene (An Interview:
Lupenga Mphande & Dike Okoro)