This is apparently another journey in the world of literature that you need to embark on. This time is the exotic world of the Africans. Try to remember what you already know about this continent, the people, the land and the climate.
Africa includes:
Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic,Chad,Congo,Egypt,Ethiopia, Gabon,Ghana,Kenya,Libya,Mali,Madagascar,Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia,Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia,Uganda, Zaire,Zambia and Zimbabwe
African Literature
Africa is an immense continent that covers more than one-fifth of all the earth's land surface.The second largest continent on earth, it comprises 46 countries and territories with in its boarders and contains about one eight of the world's population. People and culture are diverse and it's known as the cradle of the earliest known human.
African literature consists of a body of work in different languages and various genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written in colonial languages (French, Portuguese, and English).
Literature may have its roots from the pre-historic period. The hieroglyphs of Egypt, found around 3200 BC to about 400 AD for example, is a system of writing which used symbols, have been used to record some things about what had transpired in history. However, these are not considered literature.Among those considered to be the earliest records of literature is the Egyptian Book of the Dead written down in the Papyrus of Ani in 250 BCE.
Many of the literary works are handed down by oral tradition. In Africa, the lack of literacy did not make it possible to write literature down. Histories, myths, legends, including stories, dramas, riddles, songs, proverbs and other literary works were handed by mouth from generation to generation to entertain, educate and remind the people about their past, heroic deeds of their people, ancestry and culture.
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