Africa, UK, and Ireland: Writing Politics and Knowledge Production Volume 1 Contributor(s): Mwanaka, Tendai Rinos (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0797493344 ISBN-13: 9780797493346 Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays |
LCCN: 2020337221 |
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6" W x 9" (0.91 lbs) 342 pages |
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Publisher Description: Africa, UK, and Ireland: Writing Politics and Knowledge Production comprises 6 scholarly/nonfiction essays, 7 short stories, 67 poems, and 2 plays from writers and poets based in the UK, Africa and Ireland the diasporas. It focuses on politics and knowledge production acting as a vehicle in which the production of new knowledge between these three regions/countries intersects in the literary sphere. It dissects the scientific methods of producing knowledge through the act of producing new knowledge, it looks at the management of knowledge, the processing and sharing of knowledge, and dissects, artistically and critically. It further stresses the importance of the ownership of knowledge and how this knowledge shapes politics. The collection contains work from up-and-coming poets and writers, alongside established ones, also included are pieces from academic scholars, essayists, poets, writers of fiction, playwrights. Africa, UK, and Ireland: Writing Politics and Knowledge Production will prove useful to literary and language theorists, poetry collections, political sciences, social sciences and human sciences, general academia and readers, education departments and students. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mwanaka, Tendai Rinos: - Tendai Rinos Mwanaka is a publisher, editor, mentor, thinker, literary artist, visual artist and musical artist with over 20 books published. He writes in English and Shona. His work has appeared in over 400 journals and anthologies from over 27 countries, translated into Spanish, French and German. |