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Toward defining the African aesthetic

Title
Toward defining the African aesthetic / edited by Lemuel A. Johnson [and others].
Publication
  • Washington, D.C. : Three Continents Press, 1982.
  • ©1982

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Additional Authors
  • Johnson, Lemuel A.
  • African Literature Association. Meeting (6th : 1980 : University of Florida)
Description
136 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).
Series Statement
Annual selected papers of the ALA ; 6/1980
Subject
  • Aesthetics, African > Congresses
  • Aesthetics, African
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Note
  • Selected papers presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the African Literature Association, Apr. 1980, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Aesthetic aspects in an African ritual setting / Daphne Duval Harrison -- Kofi Awoonor and the Ewe tradition of songs of abuse (Halo) / Kofi Anyidoho -- The Isefra of Si Mohand-ou-Mhand : the song of a Berber poet / Mildred P. Mortimer -- Decouverte des sources arabes de Continent Afrique de Nekekhaly Camara / I.C. Tcheho -- A comparative view of the career and aesthetic of Victor Musinga, Cameroon's most popular playwright / Stephen H. Arnold -- L' appel de la parole : les formes d'une esthetique des mythologies dans le roman african de langue francaise / P. Ngandu Nkashama -- Of traditional tales and short stories / Eileen Julien -- Amos Tutuola's search for a publisher / Bernth Lindfors -- From L'enfant noir to the dark child : the drumbeat of words silenced / Fredric Michelman -- An objective approach to the style of Chinua Achebe / Marjorie Winters -- Teaching critical perception of African poetry / David Dorsey.
Call Number
ReCAP 22-11720
ISBN
  • 0894103571
  • 9780894103575
  • 0894103563
  • 9780894103568
LCCN
82040408
OCLC
12693000
Title
Toward defining the African aesthetic / edited by Lemuel A. Johnson [and others].
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Three Continents Press, 1982.
Copyright Date
©1982
Edition
1st edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Annual selected papers of the ALA ; 6/1980
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Johnson, Lemuel A., editor.
African Literature Association. Meeting (6th : 1980 : University of Florida)
Research Call Number
ReCAP 22-11720
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