African Literature

1. By:SharaMayM.Anacay

2. 
 A F R I C A TERRA – Land of the afri
AFRI(Plural)
AFER(Singular)
 A F E R May be from:
 P H O E N I C I A N AFAR – Meaning
d
u
s
tor
 A F R I D I – Tribe of northern africa
E
T
Y
M
O
L
O
G
Y

3. 
 G R E E K APHRIKE –
Meaning without cold or
 L A T I N APRICA – M
e
a
n
i
n
g
sunny
 A n d later became Africa
E
T
Y
M
O
L
O
G
Y

4. 
 A F R I C A – 2nd largest continent next
to Asia
 I t covers more than ONE –
FIFTH Of all the earth’s surface
 I t comprises 46
COUNTRIESAND TERRITORIES
INTRODUCTION

5. 
 SUEZ CANAL, THE GULF OF SUEZ AND THE
R
E
D
SEA – Separate Africa from Asia
 SRAITS OF GIBRALTAR AND MEDITERRANEAN
SEA – Separate Africa from Europe
 ATLANTIC OCEAN – West
 INDIAN OCEAN - East
INTRODUCTION

6. 
 F I V E MAJOR
LANGUAGES:
1. Afroasiastic languages
2. Click languages
3. Niger – congo languages
4. Sudanic languages
5. Austronesian languages
L
A
N
G
U
A
G
E
S

7. 
 I S L A M – Dominant
religion of northern
Africa
 I t replaced Christianity in
the 17th century
RELIGION

8. 
 L I T E R A R Y RATES FOR MEN Are
higher than women
 U R B A N EDUCATION Are
higher t
h
a
nrural education
 R I C H E S T Countries invest
more t
h
a
n
poorest countries in terms of
education
 O n l y a small fraction of afica’ s y
o
u
n
g
people attend universities
EDUCATION

9.  I t includes ORAL LITERATURE
 T h e y called it as ORATURE
 O R AT U R E – Was coined by PIO Z
I
R
I
M
U
 P I O ZIRIMU – Ugandan scholar
AFRICANLITERATURE


10.  P R O S E – Mythological
or historical, written or
spoken language
 C A L L - A N D
RESPONSE –
Spontaneous verbal and
non-verbal interaction
between the speaker
AFRICANLITERATURE


11.  E P I C OF SUNDIATA –
Composed in medieval Mali
 E P I C OF DINGA – From
O
l
d
Ghana empire
PRE-COLONIALLITERATURE


12. 
 K E B R A NAGAST OR THE
B
O
O
K
OF KINGS – The best known work
in this tradition
 T R I C K S T E R STORY – One of the
p
o
p
u
l
a
rform of traditional African folktale
PRE-COLONIALLITERATURE

13.  J O S E P H EPHRAIM
C
A
S
E
L
Y
HAYFORD – Published the
1st African novel written in
English
 E T H I O P I A UNBOUND –
1st African novel written in
English
COLONIALLITERATURE


14. HERBERT ISAAC
ERNEST
DHLOMO– Published 1st
English- language
African play
 T H E GIRL WHO LIKED TO SAVE –
1
s
t
English-language African play
COLONIALLITERATURE


15.  N G U G I WA THIONG’O – W
r
o
t
e
1st east African drama
 B L A C K HERMIT – 1st
e
a
s
tAfrican drama
COLONIALLITERATURE


16.  THINGS FALL APART BY CHINUA ACHEBE
–
Receive significant worldwide critical acclaim
COLONIALLITERATURE


17.  L E O P O I D SEDAR SENGHOR –
President of Senegal published the
1st anthology of French language poetry
 A N T H O L O G Y OF THE NEWB
L
A
C
K
AND MALAGASY POETRY IN THE
FRENCH LANGUAGE – 1st anthology of French
language poetry
COLONIALLITERATURE


18. 
 A L I A. MAZRUI – Mention 7 CONFLICTS
As
THEMES:
- The clash between Africa's past and present
- Between tradition and modernity
- Between individualism and community
- Between socialism and capitalism
- Between development and self-reliance
- Between Africanity and humanity
POST-COLONIALLIT

19. 
 WOLE SOYINKA (JULY
13, 1934 IN NIGERIA)
- Foremost ENGLISH
LANGUAGE POET
- He won the NOBEL PRIZE
FOR LITERATUREIN 1986
- 1ST AFRICAN WRITERWho
won the novel prize for
literature in 1986
AFRICANRITERSA
N
DPOETS

20. 
- The 2ND AFRICAN WRITER Winner of the
novel Prize was NADINE GORDIMER In
19991
- 1ST PLAY: The swamp dwellers.
- OTHER PLAYS: Death and the king’s
horse man, opera wonyosi and play of
giants.
AFRICANRITERSA
N
DPOETS

21. 
 C H I N U A ACHEBE
- Nigerian novelist and
poet
- His 1st novel was
entitled THINGS FALL
APART
- He has been co-editor
of okike
AFRICANWRITERSA
N
DPOETS

22. 
- OKIKE (Was of Africa's most influential
literary magazines)
- Other works: THE ARROW OF GOD, A
MAN OF THE PEOPLE, GIRLS AT
WAR, CHRISTMAS IN BIAFRA AND
OTHER POEMS
AFRICANWRITERSA
N
DPOETS

23. 
 J O H N PEPPER CLARK
- Nigerian poet, dramatist, and
literary critic
- Born: APRIL 6, 1935
- Plays: OZIDI AND SONG
OF GOAT
- Representative of his poetry
was the volume, A DEVADE
OF TONGUES.
AFRICANWRITERSA
N
DPOETS

24. 
 N G U G I WA THIONG’O
-Born: JANUARY 5, 1938
IN KENYA
-The most important east
African novelist
- 1st two novels: WEEP NOT, CHILD
AND THE RIVER BETWEEN
AFRICANWRITERSA
N
DPOETS

25. B
Y
CHINUAA
C
H
E
B
E

26. 
 O K O N K W O – Respected and influential
leader
 U N O K A – Okonkwo’s father
 I K E M E F U N A – He was given to the v
i
l
l
a
g
e
as a peace offering by neighboring mbaino
 N W O Y E – Okonkwo’s son
 O J I U G O – Youngest wife of okonkwo
 E K W E F I – Second wife of okonkwo
CHARACTERS:

27. 
 O G B U E F I EZEUDER – Oldest m
a
n
in the village
 O B I E R I K A – Okonkwo’s best friend
 E Z I N M A – Daughter of Okonkwo
a
n
dhis wife Ekwefi
 E G W U G W U – Nine clan leaders,
a
l
s
orepresent nine villages of Umuofia
 M G B A F O – Had been severely
b
e
a
t
e
n
by her husband
CHARACTERS:

28. 
 C H I E L O – Toldcaves o
k
o
n
k
w
o
that agbala needs to see
ezinma
 A G B A L A – The oracle of
the h
i
l
l
sand caves
 U C H E N D U – Uncle of o
k
o
n
k
w
o
And a village elder of mbanta
CHARACTERS:

29. 
 E F U L E F U – 1st recruits of
t
h
emissionaries; they are weak
and worthless men of the
village
 M R . BROWN – The
w
h
i
t
emissionary
 R E V E R E N D JAMES
SMITH -
CHARACTERS:

30. 
 V O L AT I L E – Liable to change rapidly
a
n
dunpredictably , especially for the worse
 A P T – Having a tendency to do something
PROVOCATION – Action or speech that
makes someone annoyed or angry,
especially deliberately
 E X I L E – Expel, banish, drive out, throw
o
u
t
;to be away from one’s home
V
O
C
A
B
U
L
A
R
Y
:

31. 
 K I N S M A N – A man who is one of p
e
r
s
o
n
’
s
blood relations
 M A C H E T E - A broad knife
used as an implement or weapon
 B E H E A D S – Form of execution
 C L A N S M A N – A male member of a clan
 O R A C L E – Authority, mentor, and a
d
v
i
s
e
r
 S Q U A N D E R E D – Waste
something i
na reckless and foolish
V
O
C
A
B
U
L
A
R
Y
:

32. 
 U M U O F I A – Located
in eastern nigeria
 M B A N T A – Native v
i
l
l
a
g
e
of okonkwo’s mother
SETTING:

33. 
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