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Nimrod : Selected Writings.

The Chadian writer Nimrod-philosopher, poet, novelist, and essayist-is one of the most dynamic and vital voices in contemporary African literature and thought. Yet little of Nimrod's writing has been translated into English until now. Introductory material by Frieda Ekotto provides context for...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ekotto, Frieda
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2018.
Series:African Perspectives Ser.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Nimrod; Essays; The New French Matter (2008); The New French Matter; How to Be Francophone?; Brief History of the Young African Literature Written in French; The War of Language Will Not Take Place; Africa and Its Young Writers; The Ignorant Novelist; Criticizing Writers; From Verb to Proverb: Kourouma's New Terminological Philosophy; Exile, Aristocracy, and Co.; Léopold Sédar Senghor: In Memoriam (2003); Léopold Sédar Senghor: In Memoriam; Léopold Sédar Senghor: Praise Singer of a Happy Africa; Short Stories; Introduction; The Rivers' Gold (2010)
  • My Mother's DreamsThe Lover; The Return; The Trees; The Rivers' Gold; Que sont les amis devenus?; My Father's Lamp; Poems; The Cry of the Bird; The Walls (exerpts); Stray Skies; Tibesti (exerpts); Yet the Infanta of Salamanca; Where the Poem Is; Remorse; The Arrogant Man; SNCF Conductor; The Elephant; My Veranda; Faces of Village Women; Quai François-Mauriac; Capital Punishment; Solitary Form: A Closing Meditation; Biography