ISBN: 9786137413654 - My Roots: A Novel on Post-colonial Migration Where the Characters Struggle to Negotiate Their Relevance in the New Culture (5 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. My Roots | A novel on post-colonial migration where the characters struggle to negotiate their relevance in the new culture | Jeremire M. Araka | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2022 | JustFiction Edition | EAN 9786137413654 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: SIA OmniScriptum Publishing, Brivibas Gatve 197, 1039 RIGA, LETTLAND, customerservice[at]vdm-vsg[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -My Roots is a modernist novel that shows the limitations of modernist philosophy and the flipside of culture mix. This novel is set in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi (in Africa) and Oxford, U.K, & Washington D.C, Boston, Maryland, New Jersey in U.S.A (in the West) at the onset of independence in Africa. Its on post-colonial migration in which the characters struggle to negotiate their relevance in the mosaic of cultures assailing Africa during colonialism. Otenyo, the star of the story who is expected to inherit his father as an African chief foregoes his inheritance when he takes up a government job in the newly independent Kenya. New values infiltrate their society. The death of his American-born wife and academic failure of his family is the hollowness of his dream. His belated attempt to reconnect with his childhood lover/flame whom he had abandoned in Kenya for three decades ends up in utter fiasco. Otenyo and his siblings fail because of their pursuit of high-culture, and alienation from their culture/motherland, thus, the need for adopting African spiritual and metaphysical models of existence. 340 pp. Englisch. …

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. My Roots is a modernist novel that shows the limitations of modernist philosophy and the flipside of culture mix. This novel is set in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi (in Africa) and Oxford, U.K, & Washington D.C, Boston, Maryland, New Jersey in U.S.A (in t.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - My Roots is a modernist novel that shows the limitations of modernist philosophy and the flipside of culture mix. This novel is set in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi (in Africa) and Oxford, U.K, & Washington D.C, Boston, Maryland, New Jersey in U.S.A (in the West) at the onset of independence in Africa. Its on post-colonial migration in which the characters struggle to negotiate their relevance in the mosaic of cultures assailing Africa during colonialism. Otenyo, the star of the story who is expected to inherit his father as an African chief foregoes his inheritance when he takes up a government job in the newly independent Kenya. New values infiltrate their society. The death of his American-born wife and academic failure of his family is the hollowness of his dream. His belated attempt to reconnect with his childhood lover/flame whom he had abandoned in Kenya for three decades ends up in utter fiasco. Otenyo and his siblings fail because of their pursuit of high-culture, and alienation from their culture/motherland, thus, the need for adopting African spiritual and metaphysical models of existence. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -My Roots is a modernist novel that shows the limitations of modernist philosophy and the flipside of culture mix. This novel is set in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi (in Africa) and Oxford, U.K, & Washington D.C, Boston, Maryland, New Jersey in U.S.A (in the West) at the onset of independence in Africa. Its on post-colonial migration in which the characters struggle to negotiate their relevance in the mosaic of cultures assailing Africa during colonialism. Otenyo, the star of the story who is expected to inherit his father as an African chief foregoes his inheritance when he takes up a government job in the newly independent Kenya. New values infiltrate their society. The death of his American-born wife and academic failure of his family is the hollowness of his dream. His belated attempt to reconnect with his childhood lover/flame whom he had abandoned in Kenya for three decades ends up in utter fiasco. Otenyo and his siblings fail because of their pursuit of high-culture, and alienation from their culture/motherland, thus, the need for adopting African spiritual and metaphysical models of existence.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 340 pp. Englisch. …