Abena P A Busia
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 130184 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Abena P A Busia |
| NOMBRES | Abena P A |
| APELLIDO | Busia |
| FIRMA | BUSIA A P A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-4176-9171 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1980 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
On the Demanding Forward Flight of the Diasporan Sankofa Bird
This essay examines the challenges and possibilities of mobilizing the African Diaspora as the African Union’s “6th Region,” drawing on the author’s diplomatic experience as Ghana’s Ambassador to Brazil accredited to twelve South American states. Using the Sankofa symbol as a conceptual framework, the paper explores the historical complexity of the African Diaspora, distinguishing among multiple diasporic formations shaped by migration, exile, an…
Creating the Archive of African Women's Writing
This essay is a reflection of the monumental Women Writing Africa project by one of the project's three editors. Over the course of two decades, the project published four volumes documenting the history of literary expression by African women throughout the continent, including the stories of dispossession that mark the harrowing start of the slave routes. This intimate account engages with the context of feminist praxis on the continent and the…
The Cambridge Companion to Toni Morrison
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is one of the most widely studied of contemporary American authors. Her novels, particularly Beloved, have had a dramatic impact on the American canon and attracted considerable critical commentary. This 2007 Companion introduces and examines her oeuvre as a whole, the first evaluation to include not only her famous novels, but also her other literary works (short story, drama, musical, and opera), her social and lite…
Body, Sexuality, and Gender
Reviewed by: Body, Sexuality, and Gender: Versions and Subversions in African Literature, Volume 1 Abena P. A. Busia Body, Sexuality, and Gender: Versions and Subversions in African Literature, Volume 1 Ed. Flora Veidt-Wild and Dirk Naguschewski Matatu: Journal of African Culture and Society 29–30. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2005. Body, Sexuality, and Gender, volume 1 of Versions and Subversions in African Literatures, is truly one of the most original c…
Ring Shout for the Ancestors
What Is Africa to Me? Knowledge Possession, Knowledge Production, and the Health of Our Bodies Politic in Africa and the Africa Diaspora
At home Death claimsTwo streams from women's eyesAnd many day-long dirges;Gnashes, red eyes and sighs from men,The wailing of drums and musketsAnd a procession of the townsfolkImpededOnly if the coffin decidesTo take one last look at the home.But here I seeThree cars in procession.The first holds three-A driver chatting gaily with a mate,And behind them, flowers on a bier.The second holds five, and the third too.In 1976, in the middle of what was…
Theorizing Black Feminisms
Fashioning a Self in the Contemporary World
Poems from Testimonies of Exile
On Cultures of Communication
Liberation
Thinking about 'culture
This article exhorts development workers to develop an understanding of their own cultural heritage in order to understand how cultural subjectivity influences their work. While not endorsing "cultural relativism," the authors stress that women must work within their own cultures to develop empowerment and combat culturally legitimized practices which are harmful to women. Cultural constructs must be examined in order to understand such issues as…
Theorizing Black Feminisms
Theorizing Black Feminisms outlines some of the crucial debates going on within contemporary Black Feminist activity. In so doing it brings together a collection of some of the most exciting work by Black women scholars around. It presents essays across a range of subjects; literature, sociology, history, political science, anthropology, and art, amongst others. And it refuses to be limited by notions of disciplinary boundaries or divisions betwe…
Testimonies of Exile
Cartographies of Struggle
Criticism and Ideology
This book contains contributions from African writers who discuss current issues in African literature, such as the role of the writer in society, the writers commitment to society or to the craft
Literary reviews
Taking fiction beyond the text Matigari Ngugi wa Thiong'o Translated from the Gikuyu by Wangui wa Goro Oxford: Heinemann International. 1989. 175pp. £10.95hb The mystery of identity Solitaire Tahar Ben Jelloun Translated from the French by Gareth Stanton and Nick Hindley London: Quartet. 1988. 111pp. £9.95hb The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun Translated from the French by Alan Sheridan London: Quartet. 1988. 163pp. £11.95hb African conditions The A…
Literary reviews
Physician, heal thyself A Casual Brutality. Neil Bissoondath, London: Bloomsbury. 1988. 378pp. £12.95hb Inheritances A Season in Rihata. Maryse Condé, Translated from the French by Richard Philcox, Oxford: Heinemann Educational Books. 1988. 192pp. £3.95pb No Telephone to Heaven. Michelle Cliff, London: Methuen. 1988. 211pp. £10.95hb Clarise Cumberbatch Want to Go Home. Joan Cambridge, London: The Women's Press. 1988. 201pp. £3.95pb Incantatory be…
Silencing Sycorax
Abena P. A. Busia, Silencing Sycorax: On African Colonial Discourse and the Unvoiced Female, Cultural Critique, No. 14, The Construction of Gender and Modes of Social Division II (Winter, 1989-1990), pp. 81-104
Miscegenation as metonymy
1986). Miscegenation as metonymy: Sexuality and power in the colonial novel. Ethnic and Racial Studies: Vol. 9, Ethnicity, Empire and Race Relations: Essays in Honour of Kenneth Kirkwood, pp. 360-372
Short reviews
Ray Marshall, Charles B. Knapp, Malcolm H. Ligget, Robert W. Glover, EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION: THE IMPACT OF LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES Praeger, New York, 1978, pp. 176, £15.50. Dan S. Green and Edwin D. Driver (eds), W. E. B. DUBOIS ON SOCIOLOGY AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY. Chicago and London, University of Chicago Press, 1978, viii + 320 pp., $21.00. Anthony D. Smith, NATIONALISM IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Martin Robertson, 1979. 232pp., £3.…
Silencing Sycorax
Abena P. A. Busia, Silencing Sycorax: On African Colonial Discourse and the Unvoiced Female, Cultural Critique, No. 14, The Construction of Gender and Modes of Social Division II (Winter, 1989-1990), pp. 81-104
Miscegenation as metonymy
1986). Miscegenation as metonymy: Sexuality and power in the colonial novel. Ethnic and Racial Studies: Vol. 9, Ethnicity, Empire and Race Relations: Essays in Honour of Kenneth Kirkwood, pp. 360-372
What Is Africa to Me? Knowledge Possession, Knowledge Production, and the Health of Our Bodies Politic in Africa and the Africa Diaspora
At home Death claimsTwo streams from women's eyesAnd many day-long dirges;Gnashes, red eyes and sighs from men,The wailing of drums and musketsAnd a procession of the townsfolkImpededOnly if the coffin decidesTo take one last look at the home.But here I seeThree cars in procession.The first holds three-A driver chatting gaily with a mate,And behind them, flowers on a bier.The second holds five, and the third too.In 1976, in the middle of what was…
Creating the Archive of African Women's Writing
This essay is a reflection of the monumental Women Writing Africa project by one of the project's three editors. Over the course of two decades, the project published four volumes documenting the history of literary expression by African women throughout the continent, including the stories of dispossession that mark the harrowing start of the slave routes. This intimate account engages with the context of feminist praxis on the continent and the…
Literary reviews
Taking fiction beyond the text Matigari Ngugi wa Thiong'o Translated from the Gikuyu by Wangui wa Goro Oxford: Heinemann International. 1989. 175pp. £10.95hb The mystery of identity Solitaire Tahar Ben Jelloun Translated from the French by Gareth Stanton and Nick Hindley London: Quartet. 1988. 111pp. £9.95hb The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun Translated from the French by Alan Sheridan London: Quartet. 1988. 163pp. £11.95hb African conditions The A…
Short reviews
Ray Marshall, Charles B. Knapp, Malcolm H. Ligget, Robert W. Glover, EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION: THE IMPACT OF LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES Praeger, New York, 1978, pp. 176, £15.50. Dan S. Green and Edwin D. Driver (eds), W. E. B. DUBOIS ON SOCIOLOGY AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY. Chicago and London, University of Chicago Press, 1978, viii + 320 pp., $21.00. Anthony D. Smith, NATIONALISM IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Martin Robertson, 1979. 232pp., £3.…
Miscegenation as metonymy
1986). Miscegenation as metonymy: Sexuality and power in the colonial novel. Ethnic and Racial Studies: Vol. 9, Ethnicity, Empire and Race Relations: Essays in Honour of Kenneth Kirkwood, pp. 360-372
Literary reviews
Taking fiction beyond the text Matigari Ngugi wa Thiong'o Translated from the Gikuyu by Wangui wa Goro Oxford: Heinemann International. 1989. 175pp. £10.95hb The mystery of identity Solitaire Tahar Ben Jelloun Translated from the French by Gareth Stanton and Nick Hindley London: Quartet. 1988. 111pp. £9.95hb The Sand Child Tahar Ben Jelloun Translated from the French by Alan Sheridan London: Quartet. 1988. 163pp. £11.95hb African conditions The A…
Literary reviews
Physician, heal thyself A Casual Brutality. Neil Bissoondath, London: Bloomsbury. 1988. 378pp. £12.95hb Inheritances A Season in Rihata. Maryse Condé, Translated from the French by Richard Philcox, Oxford: Heinemann Educational Books. 1988. 192pp. £3.95pb No Telephone to Heaven. Michelle Cliff, London: Methuen. 1988. 211pp. £10.95hb Clarise Cumberbatch Want to Go Home. Joan Cambridge, London: The Women's Press. 1988. 201pp. £3.95pb Incantatory be…
Silencing Sycorax
Abena P. A. Busia, Silencing Sycorax: On African Colonial Discourse and the Unvoiced Female, Cultural Critique, No. 14, The Construction of Gender and Modes of Social Division II (Winter, 1989-1990), pp. 81-104
Criticism and Ideology
This book contains contributions from African writers who discuss current issues in African literature, such as the role of the writer in society, the writers commitment to society or to the craft
Cartographies of Struggle
Testimonies of Exile
Thinking about 'culture
This article exhorts development workers to develop an understanding of their own cultural heritage in order to understand how cultural subjectivity influences their work. While not endorsing "cultural relativism," the authors stress that women must work within their own cultures to develop empowerment and combat culturally legitimized practices which are harmful to women. Cultural constructs must be examined in order to understand such issues as…
Theorizing Black Feminisms
Theorizing Black Feminisms outlines some of the crucial debates going on within contemporary Black Feminist activity. In so doing it brings together a collection of some of the most exciting work by Black women scholars around. It presents essays across a range of subjects; literature, sociology, history, political science, anthropology, and art, amongst others. And it refuses to be limited by notions of disciplinary boundaries or divisions betwe…
On Cultures of Communication
Liberation
Poems from Testimonies of Exile
Fashioning a Self in the Contemporary World
Theorizing Black Feminisms
Ring Shout for the Ancestors
What Is Africa to Me? Knowledge Possession, Knowledge Production, and the Health of Our Bodies Politic in Africa and the Africa Diaspora
At home Death claimsTwo streams from women's eyesAnd many day-long dirges;Gnashes, red eyes and sighs from men,The wailing of drums and musketsAnd a procession of the townsfolkImpededOnly if the coffin decidesTo take one last look at the home.But here I seeThree cars in procession.The first holds three-A driver chatting gaily with a mate,And behind them, flowers on a bier.The second holds five, and the third too.In 1976, in the middle of what was…
The Cambridge Companion to Toni Morrison
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is one of the most widely studied of contemporary American authors. Her novels, particularly Beloved, have had a dramatic impact on the American canon and attracted considerable critical commentary. This 2007 Companion introduces and examines her oeuvre as a whole, the first evaluation to include not only her famous novels, but also her other literary works (short story, drama, musical, and opera), her social and lite…
Body, Sexuality, and Gender
Reviewed by: Body, Sexuality, and Gender: Versions and Subversions in African Literature, Volume 1 Abena P. A. Busia Body, Sexuality, and Gender: Versions and Subversions in African Literature, Volume 1 Ed. Flora Veidt-Wild and Dirk Naguschewski Matatu: Journal of African Culture and Society 29–30. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2005. Body, Sexuality, and Gender, volume 1 of Versions and Subversions in African Literatures, is truly one of the most original c…
Creating the Archive of African Women's Writing
This essay is a reflection of the monumental Women Writing Africa project by one of the project's three editors. Over the course of two decades, the project published four volumes documenting the history of literary expression by African women throughout the continent, including the stories of dispossession that mark the harrowing start of the slave routes. This intimate account engages with the context of feminist praxis on the continent and the…
On the Demanding Forward Flight of the Diasporan Sankofa Bird
This essay examines the challenges and possibilities of mobilizing the African Diaspora as the African Union’s “6th Region,” drawing on the author’s diplomatic experience as Ghana’s Ambassador to Brazil accredited to twelve South American states. Using the Sankofa symbol as a conceptual framework, the paper explores the historical complexity of the African Diaspora, distinguishing among multiple diasporic formations shaped by migration, exile, an…
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