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An ecocritical reading of Okot p’Bitek’s “Chameleon and Elephant” by Rose Opondo, Tobias Odongo

“…In this article, we undertake an eco-critical analysis of an Acholi traditional oral folktale rewritten by Okot p’Bitek in his oral literature text Hare and…”
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From rain-bringer to wealth-giver: Changing forms of the snake in southern African belief systems by Felicity Wood

“…In this article, I explore the spiritual and supernatural aspects of the snake and the ways in which this being has long been associated with various spiritual…”
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Landscape histories: Origin narratives and toponyms in the rural commune of Liboré, Niger by Sandra Bornand, Lawali Dambo

“…In this article, we investigate how migration narratives, village founding stories, and place names shape the landscape and spatial memory of Liboré, a rural…”
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Verbal art in the ecological discourse of two Amazigh/Berber documentaries by Daniela Merolla

“…International audiences have taken an interest in the contestatory aspects of the documentaries La colère dans le vent (Amina Weira, 2016) and Amussu xf ubrid…”
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Humans and non-humans in African verbal arts: Narrativity and environmental poetics at the dawn of the climate crisis—Introduction by Hermelind le Doeuff, Cécile Leguy, Daniela Merolla

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Relations between humans and non-humans in Amazigh North African oral literature by Anna Maria di Tolla

“…In this article, I examine the representation of environmental issues in Amazigh narratives. I focus on texts that address the relationships between humans,…”
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Gods, music and rainmaking in Yorùbáland by Atinúkẹ́ Adénìkẹ́ Láyadé, ‘Adebáyọ Oludare Ògúnyẹmí

“…The salutation to Ṣàngó (Yorùbá god of thunder and lightning) exemplifies the deity through the depiction of his distinguishing volatile personality. His…”
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Rainbows in Eastern African folktales: Oral narrative as ecocritical model by Inge Brinkman, Teshome Mossissa, Peter Wasamba, James Wachira

“…The rainbow makes for strong imagery: throughout world history, the rainbow has functioned in many ways as a tool to think with. This is no different in…”
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om my kastele in Spanje te sloop (Jaco Barnard-Naudé) by Linde, Janien

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erf en elders (Kleinboer) by Van Dyk, Adean

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Laatnageilande (Marlise Joubert) by Rabie, Delia

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Mens en klimaat soos uitgebeeld deur Katherine Graham en Abraham H. de Vries by Meyer, Susan

“…This study is focussed on the experience of climate and how to live with it: with its effect on the physically perceptible and also on the imperceptible—the…”
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The environmental crisis and African women’s displacements in War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi by Ostalska, Katarzyna

“…In the following article, I explore several types of dislocations (environmental, war, patriarchal, to name but a few) in Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel War Girls…”
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Capitalism against the planet: Posthuman ecocriticism in Alistair Mackay’s It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way by Tomasz Dobrogoszcz

“…In this article, I examine various dimensions of displacement resulting from the environmental crisis envisaged in the speculative debut novel of the South…”
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Fuelling Bodies: Movement, embodiment, and climate crisis in Wanuri Kahiu’s Pumzi by Agnieszka Podruczna

“…In this article, I offer a reading of Wanuri Kahiu’s short film Pumzi (2009), which depicts the aftermath of a devastating water crisis that forced human…”
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Genres of displacement: Rewriting environmental crisis from the African continent / Genres du déplacement : réécrire la crise environnementale depuis le continent africain by Ewa Macura-Nnamdi, Magdalena Malinowska

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Petrocapitalism, displacement, and (im)mobilities in Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were by Katarzyna Więckowska

“…In this article, I analyse the movement of human and nonhuman bodies in Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were (2021). I argue that the depiction of the…”
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The environmental crisis and African women’s displacements in War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi by Katarzyna Ostalska

“…In the following article, I explore several types of dislocations (environmental, war, patriarchal, to name but a few) in Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel War Girls…”
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The environmental crisis and African women's displacements in War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi by Ostalska, Katarzyna

“…The environmental crisis and African women's displacements in War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi In the following article, I explore several types of dislocations…”
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Genres of displacement: Rewriting environmental crisis from the African continent / Genres du déplacement : réécrire la crise environnementale depuis le continent africain by Macura-Nnamdi, Ewa, Malinowska, Magdalena

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