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100 1 $aObee, Ruth,$d1941-
245 10 $aEs'kia Mphahlele :$bthemes of alienation and
African humanism /$cRuth Obee.
260 $aAthens :$bOhio University Press,$cc1999.
300 $axv, 243 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.
[225]-238) and index.
520 1 $a"Es'kia Mphahlele's life is well documented in
Down Second Avenue, his autobiography about growing up in a
black township in South Africa under apartheid, and in his
memoir Afrika My Music. In 1952 he was banned from teaching
in government schools because of his political activism but
he continued his writing and teaching career in exile in
other African nations and in Europe and the United States.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature and
received the Ordre des Palmes from the French government in
1984 for his contribution to French language and
culture."--BOOK JACKET. "Mphahlele's most gratifying reward,
however, was to witness the transfer of South Africa's
leadership into the hands of Nelson Mandela in May of 1994.
Except for his academic sorties, Mphahlele has been a
permanent resident of his homeland since 1977, when he
returned to an appointment in the department of African
Literature at the University of the Witswatersrand. He
became head of the department in 1983."--BOOK JACKET.
"Obee's fine study assesses Mphahlele's concept of African
humanism as a key influence on Black Consciousness thought
and as a philosophical basis for a landmark body of South
African criticism."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aMphahlele, Es'kia,$d1919-2008$xCriticism and
interpretation.
650 0 $aLiterature and society$zSouth
Africa$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAlienation (Social psychology) in literature.
650 0 $aHumanism in literature.
651 0 $aSouth Africa$xIn literature.
970 01 $tAcknowledgments
970 01 $tChronology
970 11 $l1$tMphahlele and His Context$p1
970 11 $l2$tMan Must Live: From Social Darwinism to
African Humanism - A Divided Voice$p23
970 11 $l3$tFormulating a National Consciousness: From
Slaves and Noble Savages to Township Tsotsis and ANC
Heroes$p38
970 11 $l4$tThe African Image: Making the Label Stick$p61
970 11 $l5$tDown Second Avenue: The Autobiography of an
African Humanist$p78
970 11 $l6$t"Mrs. Plum": The Authoritarian Personality and
Black Consciousness$p121
970 11 $l7$tBack from the Wilderness: Afrika My Music$p155
970 11 $l8$tColonials in Black Skins: Chirundu$p172
970 11 $l9$tThe Unbroken Song: Stories and Poems$p183
970 11 $l10$tFather Come Home$p202
970 01 $tConclusion$p212
970 01 $tNotes$p225
970 01 $tReferences$p229
970 01 $tIndex$p239
