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African Cul... Famous African Tribes

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Zulu people - South Africa’s largest ethnic group

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Maasai people - own large herds of cattle and sheep and goat
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African Cul... Famous African Tribes

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The more cattle a Maasai member has, the more
rich and powerful they are seen as by their tribe
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More than fifty unique tribes living
in the Omo River
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African Cul... Clothing

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Non-vibrant colors

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Minimal jewelries
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Depends on their culture and some by religious beliefs

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African Cul... Food

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The most important culture in Africa

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To celebrate, to mourn, and to thank their
Gods and Goddeses
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A typical in Africa is bread, Fish and meat

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with different types of spices in there.

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African Cul... African Art

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One of the biggest contributors to sculptural art

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Dates back thousands of years

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African Cul... Norms and Culture of Africa

Content 01 Defined by long history of colonization, to gaining
independence, and the rise of present day
Content 02 globalization

Content 03 Nadine Gordimer - A contemporary novelist known

for July’s People and Burgher’s Daughter
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Astonishing and vibrant body of work, produced in
mulitiple languages, including memoir, oral
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literature, poetry, short fiction, novels and more.”

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African Cul... African Values

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Sense of Community
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Sense of Good Human Relations

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African Cul... Characterics

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Diverse
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written works emerging from Africa
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Often emphasis on history, culture

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and customs

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Different Types of
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African Lit... Influence and Language Used in African Literature

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European Colonialism

Content 02 The impact of Islamic and Arab Worlds

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French
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English
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Portuguese
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+40 Distinctive African Languages

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African Lit... 1st African Literature

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Circa (2300 BC - 2100 BC)

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Hierogylphic Writings
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African Lit... African Literatures

Content 01 Myths
Legends
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Allegories
Parables
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Tales
Songs
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Chants
Poetry
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Riddles
Shory Story
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Proverbs

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African Lit... Oral Literature

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A quarter million exists in Africa
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Regarded as true historical narratives
It is mostly focused on forming creative imagination
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Folktales
Proverbs
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Praise Poems
Epics
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Dirges
Storytelling
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Riddles

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African Lit... Pre-colonial African Literature

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Numerous substantial literature written in
Ge’ez
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Kebra Negast or the “Book of Kings”

Content 03 Popular traditional - African folklore the

“trickster”
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Regarded as true historical narratives

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Low means knowledge
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African Lit... Colonial African Literature

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Many African began to write in English

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English-language African play known as The Girl Who
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African Lit... Post-colonial Literature

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African works appearing in

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In this period African writers wrote both in Western
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Famous Authors
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Chinua Achebe

1930 Nigerian 02
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• One of the most praised and recognised writer in African Literature.

• He’s one of the writers that wrote extraordinary on the 20th century.
• His famous novel was Things Fall Apart (1958).
• Achebe noted also a literacy critic. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1899) is one of his
known passionate critique.
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Chinua Achebe

1930 Nigerian 02
Year Born Nationality Content

Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua

Achebe - Deals with how the
prospect and reality of change affect
various characters.

Heart of Darkness (1899) by Joseph

Conrad - Accuses rampant criticsim.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1977 Nigerian 02
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• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who was born in Nigeria in 1977.

• She was part of a new generation of African writers taking the literary world by storm.
• Her works are primarily character-driven, interweaving the background of her native Nigeria, social
and political events into the narrative.
• Some of Adichie’s novels are Purple Hibiscus (2003) and Americanah (2013).
• Her works have won numerous awards. This includes the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1977 Nigerian 02
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Purple Hibiscus (2003) - her first novel, won the

Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.

Americanah (2013) - This novel won the National

Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and The
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction; and
being named one of The New York Times Ten Best
Books of the Year.
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Ayi Kwei Armah

1939 Ghanaian 02
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• Ayi Kwei Armah's novels are recognized for portraying political destruction and social frustration
in Armah's native Ghana from the perspective of the person.
• His work was heavily influenced by French existential philosophers like Jean Paul Sartre and
Albert Camus.
• Themes of his works are usually about despair, disillusionment, and irrationality.
• His most famous piece is The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968).
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Ayi Kwei Armah

1939 Ghanaian 02
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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968) -

Corruption, the aftereffects of colonialism, and
enlightenment versus ignorance are its theme.
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Ben Okri

1959 Nigerian 02
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• Ben Okri is a novelist and poet of great critical acclaim.

• He has made a significant contribution to the contemporary African literary canon and has
brought the essence of Nigerian storytelling to a worldwide literary audience.
• His first, highly acclaimed novels are Flowers and Shadows (1980) and The Landscapes
Within (1981).
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Ben Okri

1959 Nigerian 02
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Flowers and Shadows (1980) and The

Landscapes Within (1981) - Both novels
employ surrealistic images to depict the
corruption and lunacy of a politically scarred
country.
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Alain Mabanckou

1966 Congolese 02
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• Alain Mabanckou has been named by the French magazine Lire as one of fifty writers to
watch out for.
• He was called “the African Beckett” and is the author of several prize-winning novels.
• His novels are strikingly character-focused, often featuring ensemble casts of figures.
• Some of his works are Broken Glass (2008) and Black Bazar (2009).
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Alain Mabanckou

1966 Congolese 02
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Broken Glass (2008) - it is not Mabanckou’s

best work, but it is a welcome reissue for
anyone to trace the author’s present
success. Broken Glass is one of the best
jumping-off points to explore the author.

Black Bazar (2009) - Finalist for the Man

Booker International Prize 2015.
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Nadine Gordimer

1923 South African 02

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• Nadine Gordimer is a towering figure of world literature.

• Gordimer's theme is likely a statement against the fear, cruelty and social injustices associated with
racial segregation.
• One of her famous short story is Once Upon a Time (1989) which she used to express fear and
anxiety.
• Despite winning a Nobel Prize in Literature for her prodigious skills, Gordimer’s most famous and
controversial works were banned from South Africa.
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Nadine Gordimer

1923 South African 02

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Once Upon a Time (1989) - One of the

most important themes of "Once Upon a
Time" by Nadine Gordimer is the
inextricable link between fear and racism.
Short Story
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Neema Komba

2017 Tanzanian 07
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I AM NOT MY SKIN by Neema Komba

“I Am Not My Skin” is about a one-armed albino man surviving
in a society where people of their kind are persecuted and
hunted. To some extent, this short story shows us the dangers
of false beliefs and desperation for wealth.
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Neema Komba

2017 Tanzanian 02
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Important Events in Tone of the Story

the Story • The story has a dark and somber tone.
• Bibi Ghasia’s death.
• Saimoni and the intruder. Mood of the Story
• The story gives a serious and depressing mood,
• Yona Kazadi leaves Kivulini.
yet it is full of hope.
• The first time Yona felt human.
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