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Eyeseeme bookstore in University City provides a massive selection children's books that promote positive images and stories about Black culture and history. 00:02 04:18 Author: Mary Caltrider ...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature - a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail and exile. His work spanned roughly six decades, primarily ...
Out of 150 images of HIV patients, 148 were Black and two were white. Some results put African wildlife like giraffes and elephants next to Black physicians.
Ad man Tom Burrell calls out negative images of African Americans in the media for perpetuating the myth of black inferiority. In Brainwashed, he examines the history of the myth and how ...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the best-selling Nigerian author, wants American readers to know that African writers don’t just write about Africa’s problems.
Dr. Jackson is a literary scholar and the author of “The African Novel of Ideas.” Everyone is saying it: 2021 was the year for African literature. Writers from the continent scooped the Nobel ...
A budding literary scholar, Dr. Larson planned, upon completion of his Peace Corps service, to pursue a doctorate in American literature. But “Nigeria totally altered my worldview, mostly by ...
Sharjah will host its first-ever Festival of African Literature in January 2025. Read More: Pakistani Singer Ali Sethi to Attend JashneRekhta in Dubai The festival will take place from Jan. 24 to ...
African Studies Minor Requirements Six semester courses on Africa One course from arts, literature, and humanities One course from historical studies One course from the social sciences Three ...
He also dropped English as the primary language for his literature and vowed to only write in his mother tongue, Kikuyu. He published his last English language novel, Petals of Blood, in 1977.