Ethnic Identities and Gender Themes in Contemporary East African Literature
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The African Imagination: Literature in Africa and the Black Diaspora
TL;DR: The African Imagination: Literature in Africa and the Black Diaspora by Abiola Irele as mentioned in this paper is a collection of essays written from 1981 to 1994, focusing on the African experience as a collective experience, a type of cultural monolith.
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The Making and Remaking of Gender Relations in Tanzanian Fiction
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a table of acknowledgements for the work presented in this article, including acknowledgements and acknowledgements from the authors of this article. ___________________________________________
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Cinema as Cultural Discourse: A Study of Cultural Symbols in Selected Contemporary Gĩkũyũ Comedies
TL;DR: In this article, a research thesis submitted to the School of Creative and Performing Arts, Film and Media Studies In Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Film Studies) of Kenyatta University
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Francophone African Women Writers: Destroying the Emptiness of Silence@@@Contemporary African Literature and the Politics of Gender
TL;DR: The influence of colonialism and race on the development of African literature has been the subject of a number of studies as mentioned in this paper, however, and indeed the contributions of African women have up until now been largely ignored by the critics.
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Location of Culture
TL;DR: The postcolonial and the post-modern: The question of agency as discussed by the authors, the question of how newness enters the world: Postmodern space, postcolonial times and the trials of cultural translation, 12.
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The Location of Culture
TL;DR: The postcolonial and the post-modern: The question of agency as mentioned in this paper, the question of how newness enters the world: Postmodern space, postcolonial times and the trials of cultural translation, 12.
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When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda
Jeanne Koopman,Mahmood Mamdani +1 more
TL;DR: This paper defined the crisis of postcolonial Citizenship: Settler and Native as Political Identities 19 2. The origins of Hutu and Tutsi 41 3. The Racialization of the Hutu/Tutsi Difference under Colonialism 76 4. The ''Social Revolution\" of 1959 103 5. The Second Republic: Redefining Tutsis from Race to Ethnicity 132 6. The Politics of Indigeneity in Uganda: Background to the RPF Invasion 159 7. The Civil War and the Genocide 185 8. Conclusion: Political Reform after Genocide 264 Notes 283
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When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda
TL;DR: The authors defined the crisis of postcolonial Citizenship: Settler and Native as Political Identities 19 2. The origins of Hutu and Tutsi 41 3. The Racialization of the Hutu/Tutsi Difference under Colonialism 76 4. The "Social Revolution" of 1959 103 5. The Second Republic: Redefining Tutsis from Race to Ethnicity 132 6. The Politics of Indigeneity in Uganda: Background to the RPF Invasion 159 7. The Civil War and the Genocide 185 8. TutsI Power in Rwanda and the Citizenship