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Saani baat : aspects of African literature and culture (Senegambian and other African essays)
- Title
- Saani baat : aspects of African literature and culture (Senegambian and other African essays) / Tijan M Sallah.
- Author
- Sallah, Tijan M., 1958-
- Publication
- Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, [2021]
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- Description
- xiii, 186 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "The title of this book of literary criticism Saani Baat: Aspects of African Literature and Culture, comes from the Wolof, Saani Baat, which literally means "to throw one's voice" in a conversation. In this rich and path-breaking collection of literary essays and criticism, the noted Gambian writer, Tijan M. Sallah, explores in provocative essays the theme of whether there is a Gambian national literature and how it differs from the literature of Senegal; explores the metaphysical systems and oratures of the Wolof and Jola peoples of Senegal and The Gambia; discusses the new Gambian poets and their poetry, and examines the writings and life of the late veteran Gambian writer, Lenrie Peters"--
- Subject
- Gambian literature > History and criticism
- Gambian literature (English) > History and criticism
- Literature and society > Gambia
- American literature > African American authors > History and criticism
- American literature > African American authors
- Gambian literature
- Gambian literature (English)
- Literature and society
- Gambia
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Dreams of Katchikali: The Challenge of a Gambian National Literature -- Senegambian Wolof Poetry -- Toward a Wolof Metaphysics and Philosophy: Some Preliminary Reflections -- Jola Verbal Arts of Senegambia: A Question in Search of a Literature -- The New Gambian Poets and Their Poetry -- To My Late Friend Dr. Lenrie Peters: The Gambian Vessel Emptied of Its Poetry -- Phillis Wheatley: A Brief Survey of the Life and Works of a Gambian Slave-Poet in New England America -- Harlem Renaissance: Thoughts on the Movement and On Its Poetry -- The Eagle's Vision: The Poetry of Tanure Ojaide -- An Entire Star Has Left Us: Chinua Achebe, In Memoriam.
- Call Number
- Sc D 21-499
- ISBN
- 9781569026977
- 1569026971
- LCCN
- 2020050579
- OCLC
- 1224043341
- Author
- Sallah, Tijan M., 1958- author.
- Title
- Saani baat : aspects of African literature and culture (Senegambian and other African essays) / Tijan M Sallah.
- Publisher
- Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 21-499