The Desert Shore: Literatures of Sahel
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Acknowledgments1Introduction: The Land of the Blood-Boiling Sun12The Origins of the Fulani113The Word Beyond the Word: Pacere's Theory of Talking Drums274Saglego, or Drum Poem (for the Sahel)455Bendrology in Question736Animism, Syncretism, and Hardness: The Epic of Askia Mohammed877Tuareg (Tamazight) Literature and Resistance: The Case of Hawad1018Anarchy's Delirious Trek: A Tuareg Epic1139The Black and the White: Race and Oral Poetry in Mauritania12710Literature as a Form of Intellectual Ascent: The Writings of Patrick G. Ilboudo13911Norbert Zongo: The Committed Writer15112The Mobutuization of Burkina Faso15713Writing Timbuktu: Park's Hat, Laing's Hand17514The Bello-Clapperton Exchange: The Sokoto Jihad and the Transatlantic Slave Trade20115Wanderings: Bamako, Moscow, Delhi22916Reflections in Conclusion: Bridging the Shore251Works Cited253The Contributors265Index267About the Book273
\ BooknewsThis book offers a sampling of the contemporary literatures of the region, along with contextualizing chapters by critics from Africa, Europe, and North America. It provides insights into Sahelian society's cultural perspectives on writing, literature, and language. Particular attention is given to the relationships between literature, race, and politics; and a distinct section is devoted to examinations of Sahellian travel writing. Contributors include writers from the region, as well as an international assortment of scholars of literature and history. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
