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100	1		_aKalu, Anthonia C., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWomen, literature and development in Africa / _cAnthonia C. Kalu.
250			_aSecond edition.
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _cc2020.
300			_a204 pages ; _c25 cm
490	1		_aRethinking development
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"This book is a powerful exploration of the role of women in the evolution of African thinking and narratives on development, from the precolonial period right through to the modern day. Whilst the book identifies women's oppression and marginalization as significant challenges to contemporary Africa's advancement, it also explores how new written narratives draw on traditional African knowledge systems to bring deep-rooted and sometimes radical approaches to progress. The book asserts that Africans must tell their own stories, expressed through the complex meanings and nuances of African languages, and often conveyed through oral traditions and storytelling, in which women play an important role. The book's close examination of language and meaning in the African narrative tradition advances the illumination and elevation of African storytelling as part of a viable and valid knowledge base in its own right, rather than as an extension of European paradigms and methods. Anthonia Kalu's new edition of this important book, fully revised throughout, will also include fresh analysis of the role of digital media, education and religion in African narratives. At a time when the prominence and participation of African women in development and socio-political debates is growing, this book's exploration of their lived experiences and narrative contribution will be of interest to students of African literature, gender studies, development, history, and sociology"--
650		0	_aAfrican literature (English) _xWomen authors _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aWomen and literature _zDeveloping countries.
650		0	_aWomen and literature _zAfrica.
650		0	_aWomen in economic development _zAfrica.
651		0	_aDeveloping countries _xIn literature.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aKalu, Anthonia C., _tWomen, literature and development in.Africa _b2. _dAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. _z9780429027796 _w(DLC) 2019038495
830		0	_aRethinking development.
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