POSITIVE REPRESENTATION AFRICA Flashcards
Who is wole soyinka
Wole Soyinka is a Poet, playwright, and novelist
He has written many plays, poems using the mythology of the Yoruba. He addresses social and political issues in Nigeria and Africa
Where is WOLE SOYINKA FROM
HE IS FROM NIGERIA
wHY WAS WOLE SOYINKA PUT TO JAIL AND WHICH YEAR HOW MANY MONTHS
In 1967, he was jailed for 22 months for
secretly meeting with Ojukwu of Biafra
to try and prevent civil war.
WHAT IS CIVIL WAR
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state or country. The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.
wole soyinka nobel prize
In 1986 he won the Nobel prize for
Literature, the first African to win
the prize for new literatures.
WHO IS , the first African to win
the prize for new literatures.
WOLE SOYINKA
wHEN DID HE FLEE TO EXILE
In 1994, he had to flee into exile
to escape imprisonment by Abacha.
wangari maathai
GREEN BELT MOVEMENT IN KENYA 2004 nobel peace prize laureat
Prof. Monty Jones
Prof. Monty Jones is a renowned plant breeder from Sierra Leone who in 2004 won the World Food prize for leading a team at West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) successfully crossing West African rice (Oryza glaberima) with Asian rice (Oryza sativa) creating the Nerica varieties (New Rice for Africa), a rare and successful hybridisation of rice.
His approach is recognised to be innovative in its use of participatory methods linking farmers, extension agents and scientists
The study of African Studies is three- dimensional:
i) research/knowledge production
ii)dissemination of knowledge and teaching
iii) the application of knowledge/transformation of knowledge into policies and social action
Acessing info in AFRICA
IFE BRONZE WORKS IN 1938 ZIMBABWE RUINS , PHARONIC PYRAMIDS
