World Authors Series: African Children's and Youth Literature (Twayne's World Authors Series) [Hardcover]

Osayimwense Osa (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 162 pages
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers; 1 edition (June 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805745246
• ISBN-13: 978-0805745245
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,698,830 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Osayimwense Osa is the author of African Children's and Youth Literature (1995) in the Twayne's World Authors Series, Foundation- Essays in Children's Literature and Youth Literature (1987), Nigerian Youth Literature (1987), and editor of The All White World of Children's Books and African American Children's Literature (1995), and Youth Literature International - A Selection of Readings (1988). He has taught in various universities on both sides of the Atlantic. He is currently a Professor of English at Virginia State University.
He was a British Council sponsored scholar for Practical Explorations in English Language Teaching Methodology at the University of Stirling in Scotland in 1986, and a Fellow at the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany, in 1989, and a Fellow at the International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka, Japan, in 1994. In September 2004, he was a part of the US delegate to the 29th Biennial Congress of the International Board on Books for young People (IBBY) in Cape Town, South Africa.
He is the Founding Editor of Journal of African Children's & Youth Literature (JACYL),

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3.0 out of 5 stars Reiew of African Children's and Youth Literature, November 29, 2011

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This review is from: World Authors Series: African Children's and Youth Literature (Twayne's World Authors Series) (Hardcover)

Osa's approach is unique in that it decolonizes the cultural misrepresentation of Africa by shattering the stereotypes of exotic rituals and ceremonies and distortions of historical and political events. He painstakingly explains beliefs, customs, rituals, and proverbs, so that non-African readers can become acquainted with the conditions and worldview that gave rise to each novel. His analyses emphasize integral cultural details--such as hair plaiting and its place in society, bride price customs, when and how a marriage can be annulled, palm-wine tapping--and links them to the ultimate meaning they hold for the characters and fictional eve

Meena Khorana
The Lion and the Unicorn 22.1 (1998) 136-139