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    African literature originated thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt but was greatly impacted by colonialism. Colonization led to slavery and the forced migration of millions of Africans. It also disrupted African cultures and traditions. In response, literary movements emerged like Negritude which celebrated African cultural values and protested colonial rule. Post-independence African literature has addressed themes like colonialism, cultural identity, and the struggle for autonomy.

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    African literature originated thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt but was greatly impacted by colonialism. Colonization led to slavery and the forced migration of millions of Africans. It also disrupted African cultures and traditions. In response, literary movements emerged like Negritude which celebrated African cultural values and protested colonial rule. Post-independence African literature has addressed themes like colonialism, cultural identity, and the struggle for autonomy.

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    African literature originated thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt but was greatly impacted by colonialism. Colonization led to slavery and the forced migration of millions of Africans. It also disrupted African cultures and traditions. In response, literary movements emerged like Negritude which celebrated African cultural values and protested colonial rule. Post-independence African literature has addressed themes like colonialism, cultural identity, and the struggle for autonomy.

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    Introduction to African Literature

    by
    Sabah Alassiri
    Hessah Alghannam
    Taif Alsenan
    Reem Alotaibi
    Definition
    African literature: literary works of the African continent. It consists of a body of work in different
    languages and various genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written in colonial
    languages (French, Portuguese, and English).

    Modern African literature: literature that were born in the educational systems imposed by
    colonialism, with models drawn from Europe rather than existing African traditions.
    History (origin and
    development)
    • African literature has origins dating back thousands of years to Ancient Egypt and
    hieroglyphs or writing which uses pictures to represent words.

    • Africa experienced several hardships in its long history which left an impact on the
    themes of its literature. One hardship which led to many others is that of colonization.
    History (origin and
    development)
    • Colonization led to slavery. Millions of African people were enslaved and brought to
    Western countries around the world from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.
    (African Diaspora)= (Modern African literature)

    • Négritude movement. It began among French-speaking African living in Paris as a protest


    against French colonial rule and the policy of assimilation.
    AFRICAN POETRY IN ITS ORAL AND
    WRITTEN FORMS HAS ADDRESSED A
    VARIETY OF THEMES
    Colonialism
    Colonialism also resulted in cultural displacement,
    Africans were forced to adopt westerns traditions
    and it affected their belief system they abandon their
    own faith and adapt the Christianity religion for
    material benefits.
    cultural values
    Negritude Movement It aimed at artistically voicing
    African cultural values. it a powerful literary movement founded by
    Aimé Césaire of Senegal. Among other things, the Negritude poets favored the theme of glorification of

    Africa. They worshipped anything African in brilliant rhymes.


    African poets and the power of
    their poetry
    poetry has became a powerful medium through which
    African poets conveyed to the world audience, not
    only their "despairs and hopes, the enthusiasm and
    empathy, the thrill of joy and the stab of pain..." but
    also a nation's history as it moved from "freedom to
    slavery, from slavery to revolution, from revolution to
    independence and from independence to tasks of
    reconstruction which further involve situations of
    failure and disillusion".
    History Of Mozambique
    • After 100 AD Bantu speaking people arrived in what is now
    Mozambique, and they were organized into small kingdoms.

    • During the 16th century, the Portuguese established trading


    posts along the coast of Mozambique. They also took over some
    of the lands and divided it into large estates called Brazos.
    However, for centuries Portugal only had very limited control
    over Mozambique.
    History Of Mozambique

    • In the late 19th century when Europeans carved up Africa


    between them. In 1891 Britain and Portugal signed a treaty.
    • The British recognized the borders of Portuguese East Africa
    (Mozambique). A network of railways was built in Mozambique
    but nothing was done for the native people.
    History Of Mozambique
    • In the 1950s and early 1960s, the situation in Africa changed
    and many African countries became independent.
    • The war went on for 10 years with the Portuguese gradually
    losing ground. Finally, on 25 June 1975 Mozambique became an
    independent nation.
    • Mozambique recovered from the war and today it is developing
    rapidly.
    Carolina Noémia Abranches de
    Sousa Soares
    • Carolina Noémia Abranches de Sousa Soares (20 September
    1926, Catembe - 4 December 2002) was a poet from
    Mozambique who wrote in the Portuguese language. She is also
    known as Vera Micaia. She is of mixed Portuguese and Bantu
    descent.
    Carolina Noémia Abranches de
    Sousa Soares
    • She was born of mixed-race heritage in Catembe, on the south
    side of the bay across from the capital Maputo. Her father was
    descended from a Luso-Afro-Indian family from the island of
    Mozambique; her maternal grandfather was German. Her father
    taught her to read at the age of four by her father, four years
    before he died.
    Carolina Noémia Abranches de
    Sousa Soares
    • Moving to Portugal at the age of 25, she lived in Lisbon,
    working as a translator from 1951 to 1964. She then left for
    Paris, where she worked for the local consulate of Morocco. She
    went back to Lisbon in 1975 and became a member of the
    ANOP, and she worked with several newspapers and magazines
    throughout her life.
    Analysis of the Poem
    • Noemia De Souza has strongly used literary devices
    • (if you want to know me) have a mysterious and carefree title
    • She written this poem in defense of the colonization of Africa
    and oppression. It also showcases the struggle for cultural and
    political autonomy along with hybridity
    • In the beginning of the poem, she establishes her lost identity
    due to colonization and uses the image of “empty sockets”. the
    eye is one part of the body that best expresses emotions
    Analysis of the Poem
    • She goes on to tell us the harsh past experiences and marks that
    she has to live with it for the rest of her life. The marks all over
    her body seem like tattoos that last forever leaving marks of
    slavery.
    • The usage of words like magnificent and torture together,
    beautiful and marred shows how she proudly goes on to say
    “Africa from head and foot and this is what I am”.
    • The colonization, slavery, all forms of violence, abuse, every
    single experience that she has ever gone through is what gives
    her identity
    Thank You
    References
    • http://princehamilton.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-is-african-literature.html

    • https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi34vb7kPfzAhWSDuwKHVTMD1AQFnoECAUQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffanyv88.com%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fstudy.com%2Facademy%2Flesson%2Fafrican-literature-history-characteristics.html&usg=AOvVaw22v46X5KRQKFarFydiboif

    • https://www.britannica.com/art/Negritude

    • http://www.postcolonialweb.org/africa/jvrao5.html

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