The Gods Had Gone to Sleep

The Gods Had Gone to Sleep

The Gods Had Gone to Sleep

Dele Kogbe

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Editorial:
AuthorHouse UK
Año de edición:
2012
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781467896252
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The Gods Had Gone to Sleep is an African story narrated in adistinct dramatic style. The story is full of actions and dialoguesmarried by philosophical thoughts relative to the norms from anAfrican society. The story is set in Wasoya.‘Dele Kogbe has made a signal contribution to the exploration of the natureand future of Africana philosophy, which refi nes the intellectual life of ourancient Motherland’s civilization and culture’-Terrence Wendell Brathwaite, Founding Programme Manager, MBADegree in Global Development & Comparative Law, Coventry BusinessSchool, Coventry University, UK.‘The God Had Gone to Sleep is a good story rooted in Yoruba custom andtradition, enlivens the mind of the readers as it unveils and resolves tensionassociated with kingship and dictatorship’- Moshood Folorunsho, author of ‘When the Melon Speaks’ (A play) andProgramme Offi cer, Educare Trust, Nigeria.‘This is a really lovely book,… I have enjoyed reading. There is an established‘African’ style, which adds to the telling of a Nigerian story, I would not saythat it should be anglicised as the style adds fl avour and character ...goodlanguage and the ability to tell a story, build tension and so on. Well done,Dele, you clearly have talent as a writer’-Angela Marshall, Senior Lecturer in Law, Coventry University, UK

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