AFRICAN

LITERATURE
• It is the body of traditional oral and written literatures in Afro-
Asiatic and African languages together with works written by
Africans in European languages.
• Traditional written literature, which is limited to a smaller geographic
area than is oral literature, is most characteristic of those sub-Saharan
cultures that have participated in the cultures of Mediterranean.
In particular, there are written literatures in both Hausa and Arabic,
created by the scholars ofwhat is now northern Nigeria, and the Somali
people have produced a traditional written literature. There are also
works written in Ge'ez (Ethiopic) and Amharic.
Two of the languages of Ethipia, which is the one part of Africa where
Christianity has been practices lonv enough to be considered traditional
• The literature of South Africa in English and Afrikaans is also
covered in a separate article, South African literature.Works written
in European languages date primarily from the 20th century onward.
• African literature, literary works of the African continent. African
literature consists of a body of work of different languages and
various genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written in
colonial languages. (French, Portuguese, and English.
• Oral literature, including stories, dramas, riddles, histories, myths,
songs, proverbs and other expressions, is frequently employed to
educate and entertain childre.
• Oral histories, myths, and proverbs additionally serve to remind
whole communities of their ancestors' heroic deeds, their past, and
ths precedents for their customs and traditions.
 AFRICAN LITERATURE
• Distinct influence from African current events and recent history.

Themes:
-Postimperialism
-Cultural upheavel
-Violence

These are topics present in previous centuries which are still very much
relevant in modern day African nagioms.
 AFRICAN POETRY
African Poetry.
A form of protest.

Theorists describe it as habing a post colonial viewpoint, referring to:

The period after European nations tried to govern African nations.
 AFRICAN'S MODERN
HISTORY
• Influenced by neocolonalism, cultural change, and clashes between
political parties and religious ideologies.
 OBJECTIVES
*Cognitive:
Learn the rich cultur heritage and literature of Africa.

*Appreciative:
Appreciate learning the cultural heritage of Africa as an important
tool for understanding its literature.
 AFRICAN SHORT
STORIES:
• What it means when a man falls from the sky by Lesley Nneka
Arimah
• The thing around your neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Jump and other stories by Nadine Gordimer.
• Say you're one of them by Uwem Akpan.
• Girls at war and other stories by Chinua Achebe.
 AFRICAN LITERATURE:
POETRY
• 37 seasons before the tornado
• Anthology of poems by five army officers
• Cape coast castle. A collection of poems
• Cemetery of mind
• A chequered serenade to Mother Africa
• The cows of shambat
• Darksongs