Download or read book Masculinities in African Literary and Cultural Texts written by Helen Nabasuta Mugambi and published by Ayebia Clarke Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable contribution to the emerging body of African masculinity studies, drawing on the epic, folk tales, proverbs and song genres. The book explores the pervasive influence of orality on patterns of thought, as well as underlying notions of masculinity in African societies through the work of writers such as Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Ahmadou Kourouma, Nuruddin Farah and Nawal El Saadawi.