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Sierra Leone Krio: Language, Culture, and Traditions by Selase W. Williams Paper

Description: Sierra Leone Krio by Selase W. Williams, Tom Spencer-Walters Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This book fills the void in the literature about the Sierra Leone Krio people by delineating the connective tissue between their history, language, culture, traditions, and contemporary poetry. This work demonstrates how deeply rooted Krio is in West African behaviors, practices, communication, tradition, and creativity. Publisher Description This book offers a comprehensive, holistic, and systematic description and analysis of the language, culture, and traditions of the Sierra Leone Krio people. Through this multifaceted approach, the authors bring significant new insights into the history and the establishment of Krio society, a better understanding of the syntactic structures and semantic elements in the Krio language, and greater recognition, use, and role of oral traditions in the everyday lives of the people. The Krio folktales, parables, and riddles presented in the book represent the centuries old West African wisdom and communal lessons for young and old.The authors celebrate Krio creativity as reflected in their fashion, music, and poetry. Featured here are some previously unpublished Krio poems, as well as Jamaican Patois poems that have been translated for the first time in Krio and English. These latter poems reveal the similarities in the themes, social commentary, and African continuities witnessed across the diaspora.Refuting the claims that the linguistic foundation of Krio is English, the authors provide concrete evidence that its underlying structure of Krio is based in languages belonging to the Kwa language family, represented by Yoruba, Igbo, and Akan. Unique in our analysis of Krio language is the demonstration of substantive linguistic contributions from at least one indigenous local language, that being Temne, and opens up a whole new area for future research. Author Biography Selase W. Williams was Director of African American Studies at the University of Washington, where he taught Krio for a decade and Chair of the Pan African Studies Department at California State University-Northridge, where he received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the California Faculty Association. In addition to being appointed Dean of Arts and Sciences and Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, Williams was elected two-term President of the National Council for Black Studies.Tom Spencer-Walters is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where he taught writing and African and Caribbean literatures. He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa and a Visiting Professor at the University of Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe. Details ISBN 076187450X ISBN-13 9780761874508 Title Sierra Leone Krio Author Selase W. Williams, Tom Spencer-Walters Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 308 Publisher University Press of America GE_Item_ID:161084291; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9780761874508

Book Title: Sierra Leone Krio

Number of Pages: 328 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Sierra Leone Krio : Language, Culture, and Traditions

Publisher: Hamilton Books

Publication Year: 2024

Item Height: 0.7 in

Subject: African Languages (See Also Swahili), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Linguistics / General

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 14.6 Oz

Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines

Author: Tom Spencer-Walters, Selase W. Williams

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 5.9 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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