Everyday echoes among African scholars and raconteurs : essays, short stoeis and poems /
This volume offers a distinctive blend of scholarly essays, short stories, and poems to illuminate the everyday experiences and aspects of life of African peoples. It brings together the perspectives of scholars and artists, using their varied genres to inspire reflection on their quest towards a so...
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2025.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Edna Ogeto & Augustine Agwuele
- Part 1: Essays
- Between Transformational and Transactional Leadership: Burkina Faso's 'Upright Man' Vs. Kenya's 'Hustler Man' / Wanjala S. Nasong'o
- Ways of Dying Bearing Witness: Memory, Trauma, and Healing in Zakes Mda's / Maureen Ngozi Eke
- Kwibuka 30: A Pictorial Analysis of Rwanda before and after the Genocide / Sheriff F. Folarin
- The Role of Popular Culture in Empowerment / Anthony Chukwu
- Gusii Cosmology and Worldview: The Nexus of Shifting Cultural Identities in Christopher Monyoncho's Popular Poetry / Alfred Nyagaka Nyamwange
- A Case of Mental Health and Witchcraft in Kisii / Augustine Agwuele and Bonface Nyamweya
- Singing AbaGusii Life / Augustine Agwuele and Eucabeth Ong'au-Mong'are
- Education, Languages and Language Policy in Togo / Palakam Stephen Mouzou
- Part 2: Short Stories
- Ackee Tree and Me / Antoinette Tidjani Alou
- The Man Who Couldn't Burn / El-roy Matekwa
- The Tragic Dance of Hearts / Zoey Warimu
- The Handicap Business / Naomi Ndumba Kimonye
- Waiting / Bernard Ogalo
- Pixelated Betrayal / Rebin Buyaki
- Namesake / Florence Chanya Mwaita
- A Ticking Time Bomb / Anne Anjao Eboi
- I Quit / Ndiang'ui Ndung'u
- Hell in the City / Shaban S. Ngurangwa
- Sleep, My Love / Maximillia Muninzwa
- Dust Storm / Maureen Ngozi Eke
- Confession / Teferi Tafa
- Part 3: Poems
- It is Good for Kins and Kindred Spirits to Meet / Kivutha Kibwana
- Introduction / Edna Ogeto
- A Nightmare in Broad Daylight / Antoinette Tidjani Alou
- A Whimsical Train Tale / Edna Ogeto
- Love Beyond Distance / Edna Ogeto
- Snowbound Dreams / Edna Ogeto
- Stubborn Dreams / Felix Mutunga
- The Things We Will Become / Felix Mutunga
- Flaming Wisdom / Okello Owade
- I cherish the life of the wild / Nicholas Anyuor
- Invalid Marriage / Gwakisa Kaswaga
- The Grand Intellectuals / Gwakisa Kaswaga
- I am African / Ruth Jepkorir Koech
- The Poet's Soiree / Dominic Mutisya Mulei
- New Pot / Dominic Mutisya Mulei
- In the Name of All That Is Wonderful / Jeremiah Mutuku Muneeni
- A Crucified Teacher / Jeremiah Mutuku Muneeni
- The Sins of a Flood's Skin / Bonface Nyamweya
- Tears that Tear / Jomo Mogire
- What of War / Lucy Koech
- Your Tongue In-Law / Marren Akong'o
- Cannibalised / Ndiang'ui Ndung'u
- An Elegy / James Gitonga
- Whispers from Hell / Bonface Okinyi Otieno
- Savage Curse / Bonface Okinyi Otieno
- May a Heart Bless Mine / Bonface Okinyi Otieno
- Come Down on Us Peace / Bosire Bernard Osoro.