{"product_id":"the-african-imagination-literature-in-africa-and-the-black-diaspora","title":"The African Imagination: Literature in Africa and the Black Diaspora","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0195086198\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"1a55wg-wpx5ls-9teh5-jae9gd\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThis collection of essays from eminent scholar F. Abiola Irele provides a comprehensive formulation of what he calls an \"African imagination\" manifested in the oral traditions and modern literature of Africa and the Black Diaspora. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe African Imagination\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes Irele's probing critical readings of the works of Chinua Achebe, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Amadou Hampaté Bâ, and Ahmadou Kourouma, among others, as well as examinations of the growing presence of African writing in the global literary marketplace and the relationship between African intellectuals and the West. Taken as a whole, this volume makes a superb introduction to African literature and to the work of one of its leading interpreters.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0195086198\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"yww4pw-ud3z1k-7f6z1v-8wreaa\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0195086198\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"kvle2q-lg51f9-b0idgb-8dtiso\" data-cel-widget=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0195086198\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"c7jlej-z5gzbv-jlpji7-jtng2u\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-7\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-csa-c-id=\"vh6sw7-owzo9a-mc92jh-rpepkl\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstancecnBrLDIq2DbzPRDISe1krw\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_6\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-mix-claimed=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"F. Abiola Irele","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45449252143280,"sku":null,"price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/6139pkLFnXL._SL1360.jpg?v=1783841229","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/the-african-imagination-literature-in-africa-and-the-black-diaspora","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}