The River Niger

Author : Joseph A. Walker
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573614811
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The River Niger written by Joseph A. Walker and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1973 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The River Niger is about Jeff Williams, a young African-American man returning home to his family in Harlem after several years in the Air Force. ... When Jeff finally arrives, he is greeted by his childhood friend Mo and Mo's men, a small group of revolutionaries who try to bully Jeff into joining their organization.

Author : Jean-Marie Gibbal
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226290522
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genii of the River Niger written by Jean-Marie Gibbal and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-02-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The river Niger, a source of life and danger for the people in impoverished eastern Mali, is also the origin of elaborate mythology. From his travels through Mali and down the Niger in a dugout canoe, Jean-Marie Gibbal has created a personal documentary of the cultures of the region. The result is at once an ethnography of cultures in crisis and a poetic evocation of the environment and people he encountered. Gibbal portrays the river as the dominant, cohesive force among people in the face of social and environmental strife. He focuses on the Ghimbala healing cult, which centers on the river, and how the cult structures social relations in the region. Gibbal vividly recreations the Ghimbala rites, nocturnal ceremonies of spirit possession and seance which animate the water spirits, or genii, that inhabit the river. The genii, he finds, provide the strength of social identity in a world where famine and competing versions of Islam threaten to overpower traditional culture. In its original French publication, The Genii of the River Niger was honored with an Alexandra David-Neel literary prize in 1989. Its powerful lyricism, combined with fascinating ethnographic depth, will delight general readers and specialists alike and will stir debates among specialists in African studies, the anthropology of religion, and literature.

Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0307473864
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chike and the River written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an 11-year-old Nigerian boy leaves his small village to live with his uncle in the city, he is exposed to a range of new experiences and becomes fascinated with crossing the Niger River on a ferry boat.

Author : Sanche de Garmont
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strong Brown God written by Sanche de Garmont and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : W. Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Narrative of the Expedition to the River Niger, in 1841 written by W. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph A. Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The River Niger written by Joseph A. Walker and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ernest J. Gaines
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 030783025X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman written by Ernest J. Gaines and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Grand, robust, a rich and big novel.”—Alice Walker, The New York Times Book Review “In [Jane Pittman], Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. . . . Gaines’s novel brings to mind other great works: The Odyssey, for the way his heroine’s travels manage to summarize the American history of her race, and Huckleberry Finn, for the clarity of [Pittman’s] voice, for her rare capacity to sort through the mess of years and things to find the one true story of it all.”—Newsweek Miss Jane Pittman. She is one of the most unforgettable heroines in American fiction, a woman whose life has come to symbolize the struggle for freedom, dignity, and justice. Ernest J. Gaines’s now-classic novel—written as an autobiography—spans one hundred years of Miss Jane’s remarkable life, from her childhood as a slave on a Louisiana plantation to the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. It is a story of courage and survival, history, bigotry, and hope—as seen through the eyes of a woman who lived through it all. A historical tour de force, a triumph of fiction, Miss Jane’s eloquent narrative brings to life an important story of race in America—and stands as a landmark work for our time.

Author : Archibald Hamilton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The River Niger and the Progress of Discovery and Commerce in Central Africa written by Archibald Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martha G. Anderson
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ways of the Rivers written by Martha G. Anderson and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays assembled in this lavishly illustrated volume are unique in considering issues of cultural convergence and divergence within a single region in Africa. They examine and celebrate the "water-related" ethos and the "warrior" ethos that are present throughout the Delta and explore the influence of its unique environment on beliefs and material culture.

Author : Inger Andersen
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821362046
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Niger River Basin written by Inger Andersen and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Niger River Basin, home to 100 million people, is a vital yet complex asset for West and Central Africa. It is the continent's third largest river basin, traversing nine countries -Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, C©þte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. The River embodies both these nations' livelihoods and their geopolitics. It is not simply water but rather an origin of identity, a route for migration and commerce, a source of conflict, and a catalyst for cooperation. Cooperation among decision-makers and users is crucial to address the threats to water resources. The Niger.