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The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought
From St. Augustine and early Ethiopian philosophers to the anti-colonialist movements of Pan-Africanism and Negritude, this encyclopedia offers a comprehensive view of African thought, covering the intellectual tradition both on the continent in its entirety and throughout the African Diaspora in the Americas and in Europe. The term "African thought" has been interpreted in the broadest sense to embrace all those forms of discourse - philosophy, political thought, religion, literature, important social movements - that contribute to the formulation of a distinctive vision of the world determined by or derived from the African experience. The Encyclopedia is a large-scale work of 350 entries covering major topics involved in the development of African Thought including historical figures and important social movements, producing a collection that is an essential resource for teaching, an invaluable companion to independent research, and a solid guide for further study.
Weighing the Cost of Pin-making
Weighing the Cost of Pin-Making presents a review of the captivating conversations between the late Ulli Beier and major African thinkers. Ulli Beier was a renowned Scholar of African Studies, who had a pioneering role in developing literature, drama and poetry in Nigeria. Luminaries interviewed include Chinua Achebe, 1986 Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, Rowland Abiodun and Ibrahim El Salahi. Covering topics as wide ranging as the question of African and individual identity to the immeasurable power of women, the varied life and interests of Ulli Beier are explored.
Pasifika Black
ASALH 2023 Book Prize Winner A lively living history of anti-colonialist movements across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans Oceania is a vast sea of islands, large scale political struggles and immensely significant historical phenomena. Pasifika Black is a compelling history of understudied anti-colonial movements in this region, exploring how indigenous Oceanic activists intentionally forged international connections with the African world in their fights for liberation. Drawing from research conducted across Fiji, Australia, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Britain, and the United States, Quito Swan shows how liberation struggles in Oceania actively engaged Black internationalism in thei...
Christopher Okigbo, 1930-67
Biography of the Nigerian poet whose work combined Igbo mysticism and classical influences.
Global Yorùbá
In Global Yorùbá, renowned scholar Toyin Falola covers the history, people, traditions, environment, religion, spirituality, cosmology, culture, and philosophy of one of Africa's largest cultural groups, the Yorùbá, all while considering the people's relationship with their immediate and distant neighbors. Falola examines how the Yorùbán people have adapted to their environment and tapped it to (re)invent their civilization, shape their culture and traditions, and inform their socioeconomic relations with their neighbors. These interactions have guided the Yorùbá philosophy that developed over time, expressing their conviction regarding society's evolution and the place that humans occupy within it. This web of knowledge can present a more coherent account than any other text yet produced regarding Yorùbá civilization. This volume demonstrates how global dynamics have been adopted in the creation of a Yorùbá community across different times and spaces.
African Art and Agency in the Workshop
"Compelling case studies demonstrate how African workshops have long mediated collective expression and individual imagination." —Allen F. Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles The role of the workshop in the creation of African art is the subject of this revelatory book. In the group setting of the workshop, innovation and imitation collide, artists share ideas and techniques, and creative expression flourishes. African Art and Agency in the Workshop examines the variety of workshops, from those which are politically driven or tourist oriented, to those based on historical patronage or allied to current artistic trends. Fifteen lively essays explore the impact of the workshop on ...
Papers of Ulli and Georgina Beier
MS Acc08.159 comprises correspondence (some photocopies), flyers, invitations and photographs relating to concerts and other artistic events at "Migila", the Beier's house in Sydney, and other Sydney venues; proof copy and artworks, including drawings and colour slides for an unpublished book The art of four generations; annotated typescripts for Deutsche Welle radio programmes on dying cultures; typescripts of interviews by Ulli Beier; copies of publications edited by Ulli and Georgina Beier, spiral-and-tape-bound compilations comprising essays, conversations and bibliographies by Ulli and Georgina Beier, and copies of publications illustrated by Georgina Beier (5 boxes, 1 fol. box).
