African Writers Series

Robinson’s talents quickly appealed to white spectators who could not help but support him, regardless of his skin color, as he led their favorite team to a National League Pennant that year (“About Jackie Robinson”). Before Robinson, the last group of African Americans to play on a major league baseball team played in the 1880’s when baseball was not considered “America’s National Pastime” (McDaniels). Robinson’s admission in 1947 was all the more significant in that he was the first to demonstrate the

There are five key aspects of literature which consists of setting, theme, plot, characterization, and style. Characterization is the “Peopling” of the story; it is the description of characters. The writer often discusses the behavior of the characters, their thought processes, their appearances, and even sometimes includes their names. Characterization highlights the important details of a character in a story. This also allows readers to imagine how others in the story would react to the main

is not the case. Consider the expression; S* ‘J.K Rowling is a great writer’. According to the Description Theory, ‘J.K Rowling’ can be equated to a definite description, for example ‘the writer whose Harry Potter book series took the world by storm’. However, the problem arises with deciding which description is the right one amongst the many (Lycan, 2000: 41). J.K Rowling can stand for ‘the writer whose Harry Potter book series took the world by storm’, ‘the women called “Rowling pin” by her school

In order to explore Claude McKay’s “If We Must Die,” it is essential to know who he is and why he wrote it. Claude McKay was a Jamaican writer and poet, who was also an influential figure during the Harlem Renaissance—a time where the art of African-Americans was finally able to shine and flourish. Though African-American artists, musicians, and writers were breaking barriers and getting the incredible opportunity to display their talents, they also were still facing the everyday struggles of being

have changed over the years. Through time, minorities in television have been able to make moderate gains whether they are in front of or behind cameras. However, they continue to remain significantly underrepresented as leading actors in films, as writers, and as TV show creators. Even though minorities are significantly underrepresented in today’s society the TV industry has been pushing to give an opportunity to many minority groups in succeeding in the media. Several TV shows and commercials have

futures to go nowhere at the time of their imprisonment. To much surprise, they both spent their time in prison enhancing their reading and writing skills. They realized they both entered the world of literature and became important and influential writers, who contributed to society and literature greatly by expressing themselves through their words. Malcolm X and Baca grew up under horrible influences that have often resulted to them making bad choices. Baca’s parents left him when he was ten years

sjsoumyaa@gmail.com Mob: 08606432701 ABSTRACT Buchi Emecheta is one of the growing numbers of African women writers who have set their authorial eyes on the conditions of women living both on their home continent and abroad. She takes her place among Tsitsi Dangarembga, Miriama Ba, Bessie Head, Ama Ata Aidoo, Lauretta Ngcobo, and Lindsey Collen, to name a few, as writers who have formed an intense new voice of African womanhood. Emecheta has published more than twenty works; including the novels Double Yoke

past. The article, however started with an interesting sentence which caught my attention, especially when the writer says ‘’The American Negro must remark his past in order to make his future’’ (670). This statement according the writer, explains how slavery took away the great deal freedom from people of African descendant, through emancipation and also increase in diversity. The writer (Arthur Schomburg) however, asserts that “the negro has been throughout the centuries of controversy an active

scripts that I feel are very much alike in comparison, but different when it comes down to the English language. The first show that I decided to analyze is called “Dallas.” It first “aired on CBS back on April 2, 1978.” While there were several writers on the show, the first episode (pilot) was written and created by David Jacobs. The show is about a white Texas family who called themselves the Ewings. While the family is very well known to fight over wealth and power, the show’s main antagonist

(pg 13) This shows some of the different fears of culture in the Igbo tribe are included in writing and intertwined with the English language. Achebe says by using English in his writing, he presents “a new voice coming out of Africa, speaking of African experience in a world-wide language.” He also