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 Leiden University catalogue |
| Title: | Knowledge is more than mere words: wey dehn sey? dehn sey kapu sehns nor kapu word: a critical introduction to Sierra Leonean literature |
| Editors: | Palmer, Eustace Porter, Abioseh Michael |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Pages: | 368 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Trenton, NJ |
| Publisher: | Africa World Press |
| ISBN: | 1592216455; 9781592216451 |
| Geographic term: | Sierra Leone |
| Subjects: | literature literary criticism |
| Abstract: | The literature of Sierra Leone is inextricably intertwined with its context and cannot be understood in isolation from that context. The introduction to this collective volume therefore discusses the historical and literary context in order to show the literary developments that led to the works of the authors discussed and upon which they built. The introduction is followed by sections on poetry, drama, the novel and short story, and folklore and non-conventional modes. The section on poetry contains essays on Syl Cheney-Coker and Lemuel Johnson. The section on drama showcases the works of Sarif Easmon and Yulisa Amadu Maddy, highlights the development of vernacular drama (largely plays in Krio) and theatre, and includes an interview with a leading woman dramatist, the late Tonie French. The section on the novel and the short story analyses Syl Cheney-Coker's epic work, 'The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar' and Sarif Easmon's 'The Burnt-out Marriage'. It includes an analysis of Easmon's stories and an account of the achievement of Yulisa Amadu Maddy in 'No Past, No Present, No Future'. It also draws attention to new voices in the novel form, such as Alasan Mansaray, Sheikh Gibril Kamara, Osman Sankoh, Tibbie Kpososwa and J. Sorie Conteh, and older voices that have remained muted, like Prince Dowu Palmer, as well as two Sierra Leonean diasporic writers in the United States, Hannah Khoury and Alasan Mansaray. The final section deals with folklore and less conventional forms of artistic expression, such as poetry on the Internet. Contributors: Patrick Bernard, Ernest Cole, Joyce Dixon-Fyle, Newtona Johnson, Mohamed Kamara, Sheikh Umarr Kamarah, Patrick Muana, Iyunolu Osagie, Eustace Palmer, Abioseh Michael Porter. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
