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ALT 33 Children's Literature and Story-Telling: African Literature Today by Yvonne E. McIntosh; Iniobong I. Uko; Faith Ben-Daniels; Eve Eisenberg; Julia Udofia; Juliana Daniels; Blessings Diala-Ogamba; Patrica T. Emenyonu; Louisa Uchum Egbunike; Rose Sackeyfio; Kelvin Ngong Toh; Wazha Lopang; Obi Nwakanama; Ikeogu Oke is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Africa's encounter with the West and its implications and consequences remain far-reaching and enduring in the craft and thrust of its creative writers. The contributors to ALT 33 analyse the connections between traditional stories and myths that have been told to children, as well as the work of contemporary creative writers who are writing for children in order that they understand this complex history. Some of these writers are developing traditional myths, folk tales, and legends and are writing them in new forms, while others focus on the encounter with the West that has dominated much modern African literature for adults. The previous neglect of the cultural significance, study, criticism and teaching of children's literature is addressed in this volume: How can the successes and/or failures of stories and story-telling for children in Africa be measured? Are there models to be followed and what makes them models? What is the relationship between the text and the illustration of children's books? What should guide the reader or critic of children's literature coming out of Africa - globalism, transculturality or internal regionalism? What problems confront teachers, students,

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Author

Yvonne E. McIntosh; Iniobong I. Uko; Faith Ben-Daniels; Eve Eisenberg; Julia Udofia; Juliana Daniels; Blessings Diala-Ogamba; Patrica T. Emenyonu; Louisa Uchum Egbunike; Rose Sackeyfio; Kelvin Ngong Toh; Wazha Lopang; Obi Nwakanama; Ikeogu Oke

Publisher

Boydell and Brewer Limited

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847011329

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction