Christopher E W Ouma
Biographic Data
| ID | 1245260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher E W Ouma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher E W |
| FAMILY NAME | Ouma |
| SIGNATURE | OUMA C E W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3043-3619 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
In excess of the nation
Additional informationNotes on contributorsChristopher J. LeeChristopher J. Lee is the Lead Editor of Safundi. He is Professor of African History, World History, and African Literature at The Africa Institute, Sharjah, UAE.Christopher E. W. OumaChristopher E. W. Ouma is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Duke University, USA
Peculiar and enabling
The period of the Cold War has generated a significant amount of scholarship, especially in relation to the place of Africa after World War II. This period encapsulates a very intriguing political
Small magazines in Africa
This special issue introduction maps the trajectories, histories, ecologies and genealogies of small magazine production and circulation in Africa, within the broader contexts of print cultural histories that frame intellectual, political and cultural communities in Africa and its diasporas in the long twentieth century. It argues for the ways in which the small magazine not only creates alternative audiences and publics, but frames the ecologies…
Harry Garuba
Nigerian sun, South African star, your blood irrigates the continent of thinkers Now you depart and made Death even more sneaky Now you leave almost quietly in your nature, daintily. Remi Raji (“A
Introduction
Rolihlahla Mandela gained the name “Nelson” in the early twentieth century when he started school as a child in the Eastern Cape—the giving of English names being a common practice in schools at th
I'm Always More Interested in the Shadow than the Light
In this special issue of TBS we interview Yewande Omotoso, acclaimed author of Bom Boy and recently published The Woman Next Door. Yewande speaks to various processes of literary production and rec
Popular Cultural Memory in Chris Abani’s Graceland
This essay argues that Chris Abani’s Graceland uses popular culture as a project of narrative memory. This project of memory involves the performance of popular expressive cultures across a range of mediated texts — literary and musical — within the context of the everyday. The paper also argues that Abani’s recourse, particularly to Onitsha Market Literature, gives the text the dimension of a literary archive of urban cultural history, especiall…
Countries of the Mind
Small magazines in Africa
This special issue introduction maps the trajectories, histories, ecologies and genealogies of small magazine production and circulation in Africa, within the broader contexts of print cultural histories that frame intellectual, political and cultural communities in Africa and its diasporas in the long twentieth century. It argues for the ways in which the small magazine not only creates alternative audiences and publics, but frames the ecologies…
Harry Garuba
Nigerian sun, South African star, your blood irrigates the continent of thinkers Now you depart and made Death even more sneaky Now you leave almost quietly in your nature, daintily. Remi Raji (“A
I'm Always More Interested in the Shadow than the Light
In this special issue of TBS we interview Yewande Omotoso, acclaimed author of Bom Boy and recently published The Woman Next Door. Yewande speaks to various processes of literary production and rec
Countries of the Mind
Popular Cultural Memory in Chris Abani’s Graceland
This essay argues that Chris Abani’s Graceland uses popular culture as a project of narrative memory. This project of memory involves the performance of popular expressive cultures across a range of mediated texts — literary and musical — within the context of the everyday. The paper also argues that Abani’s recourse, particularly to Onitsha Market Literature, gives the text the dimension of a literary archive of urban cultural history, especiall…
Introduction
Rolihlahla Mandela gained the name “Nelson” in the early twentieth century when he started school as a child in the Eastern Cape—the giving of English names being a common practice in schools at th
I'm Always More Interested in the Shadow than the Light
In this special issue of TBS we interview Yewande Omotoso, acclaimed author of Bom Boy and recently published The Woman Next Door. Yewande speaks to various processes of literary production and rec
Harry Garuba
Nigerian sun, South African star, your blood irrigates the continent of thinkers Now you depart and made Death even more sneaky Now you leave almost quietly in your nature, daintily. Remi Raji (“A
Peculiar and enabling
The period of the Cold War has generated a significant amount of scholarship, especially in relation to the place of Africa after World War II. This period encapsulates a very intriguing political
Small magazines in Africa
This special issue introduction maps the trajectories, histories, ecologies and genealogies of small magazine production and circulation in Africa, within the broader contexts of print cultural histories that frame intellectual, political and cultural communities in Africa and its diasporas in the long twentieth century. It argues for the ways in which the small magazine not only creates alternative audiences and publics, but frames the ecologies…
In excess of the nation
Additional informationNotes on contributorsChristopher J. LeeChristopher J. Lee is the Lead Editor of Safundi. He is Professor of African History, World History, and African Literature at The Africa Institute, Sharjah, UAE.Christopher E. W. OumaChristopher E. W. Ouma is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Duke University, USA
History (7 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)