Author: Dele Layiwola (ed.)
ISBN No: 1-919799-35-4
Cost: 164.16
A certain basic misunderstanding, occasionally deliberate misrepresentation, of African literature and art abounds. It is even more dangerous when such postulations, bereft of truth and light, assume the cloak of theories and canons. The dangers they pose to the future of scholarship in Africanist-derived studies are better imagined than described. It is hoped that this modest effort will complement the work of others across the globe to place the creativity of and about a continent and its diverse – multi-ethnic and multi-racial – cultures in true perspective.
ISBN No: 1-919799-35-4
Cost: 164.16
A certain basic misunderstanding, occasionally deliberate misrepresentation, of African literature and art abounds. It is even more dangerous when such postulations, bereft of truth and light, assume the cloak of theories and canons. The dangers they pose to the future of scholarship in Africanist-derived studies are better imagined than described. It is hoped that this modest effort will complement the work of others across the globe to place the creativity of and about a continent and its diverse – multi-ethnic and multi-racial – cultures in true perspective.
