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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Mugo, Micere Githae (1942-2023). Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : Writing and speaking from the heart of my mind [Texte imprimé] : selected essays and speeches / Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo
Publication : Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, 2012
Description matérielle : xxiv, 284 p. ; 22 cm
Comprend : Part I. Autobiographical touches using a Black feminist brush. The role of African intellectuals: reflections of a female scholar, University of Nairobi, 1973-82 ; The south end of a north-south writer's dialogue: two letters from a post-colonial feminist ; Part II. Orature, literature and creativity through a Black feminist lens. Women and books ; The woman artist in Africa today : a critical commentary ; Popular paradigms and conceptions : orature-based community theatre ; Elitist anti-circumcision discourse as mutilating and anti-feminist ; Part III. Culture, class, gender, Pan-Africanism and human development ; Culture in Africa and imperialism ; Gender, ethnicity, class and culture ; Re-envisioning Pan-Africanism : what are the roles of gender, youth and the masses ? ; Part IV. Democracy, empowerment and construction of new sites of knowledge. Advocacy for empowering the masses: translating rhetoric into action ; Meeting point between basic, subsidiary and people's rights: lessons from African orature ; Transcending colonial and neo-colonial pathological hangovers to unleash creativity ; Burying the Kasuku syndrome : constructing inventive sites of knowledge.
Note(s) : "The essays and speeches that appear in this book were originally presented as either keynote addresses, or conference papers, or interviews, while others were submitted for publication as book chapters on request."--Acknowlegments. - Includes bibliographical references p. 267-278 and index
Sujet(s) : Intellectuelles -- Afrique Politique et littérature -- Afrique -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781592218530 (hardcover). - ISBN 1592218539 (hardcover). - ISBN 9781592218547 (softcover). - ISBN 1592218547 (softcover)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42642720n
Notice n° : FRBNF42642720 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)