Juju FissionAuthor :
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Published : Friday 19 October 2007
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Women, especially leaders, holding tête-à-têtes with men to address political impasses have been recognized as shrewd, double headed, or witchlike distinctions that link them with juju or extraordinary, survivalist powers. Juju Fission: Womens Alternative Fictions from the Sahara, the Kalahari, and the Oases In-Between is a theoretical and analytical book on African women writers that focuses on seven representative novels from different parts of Africa: Bessie Heads Maru (South Africa/Botswana); Nawal El Saadawis Woman at Point Zero (Egypt); Ama Ata Aidoos Our Sister Killjoy; or Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint and Changes (Ghana); Assia Djebars A Sister to Scheherazade (Algeria); Calixthe Beyalas The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me (Cameroon); and Yvonne Veras Nehanda (Zimbabwe). In her analysis, Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi demonstrates how women are viewed and how they operate in critical times. Ogunyemi explains how the heritage is passed on, in spite of dire situations emanating from colonialism, postcolonialism, ethnicism, sexism, and grinding poverty. An important contribution to many fields, Juju Fission is excellent background material for courses on African studies, womens studies, African Diaspora studies, black studies, global studies, and general literature studies.
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