All Outputs (13)

Voices of the mountains: language and identity in Andeansongs (2013)
Thesis
Pigott, C. M. Voices of the mountains: language and identity in Andeansongs. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

Nyoyo zimefurahika : urban qasida in Zanzibar (2012)
Thesis
Schmitt, A. Nyoyo zimefurahika : urban qasida in Zanzibar. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Carried by a Mystic Wind: B. W. Andrzejewski on the Somali Passion for Poetry and Language (2011)
Other
(2011). Carried by a Mystic Wind: B. W. Andrzejewski on the Somali Passion for Poetry and Language. London

Introduction to Hausa popular fiction (2004)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (2004). Introduction to Hausa popular fiction. In G. Furniss, M. Buba, & W. Burgess (Eds.), Bibliography of Hausa Popular Fiction 1987-2002 (1-19). Ruediger Koeppe Verlag

Textuality & the Land: Reading 'White Writing' and the Fiction of J. M. Coetzee (2000)
Thesis
Easton, K. Textuality & the Land: Reading 'White Writing' and the Fiction of J. M. Coetzee. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

This thesis examines the formative fiction of J. M. Coetzee and his first book of essays, White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa (1988). His latest novel Disgrace (1999), has already made literary history, winning Coetzee his second... Read More about Textuality & the Land: Reading 'White Writing' and the Fiction of J. M. Coetzee.

African broadcast cultures (2000)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G., & Fardon, R. (2000). African broadcast cultures. In G. Furniss, & R. Fardon (Eds.), African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition (1-20). James Currey

African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition (2000)
Book
Fardon, R., & Furniss, G. (Eds.). (2000). African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition. James Currey

Sunjata: Gambian Versions of the Mande Epic (1999)
Book
Furniss, G. (1999). L. Duran, & G. Furniss (Eds.). Sunjata: Gambian Versions of the Mande Epic. Penguin Classics

Power, marginality and oral literature (1995)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G., & Gunner, L. (1995). Power, marginality and oral literature. In G. Furniss, & L. Gunner (Eds.), Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature (1-19). Cambridge University Press ; Wits Press

The power of words and the relations between Hausa genres (1995)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G. (1995). The power of words and the relations between Hausa genres. In G. Furniss, & L. Gunner (Eds.), Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature (130-44). Cambridge University Press ; Wits Press

Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature (1995)
Book
Furniss, G. (1995). G. Furniss, & L. Gunner (Eds.). Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature. Cambridge University Press ; Johannesburg: Wits Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511521164

African oral literature, like other forms of popular culture, is not merely folksy, domestic entertainment but a domain in which individuals in a variety of social roles are free to comment on power relations in society. It can also be a significant... Read More about Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature.

African Languages, Development and the State (1994)
Book
Fardon, R., & Furniss, G. (Eds.). (1994). African Languages, Development and the State. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203422571

This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy statements and their pragmatic outcomes is a far more serious problem for future development

Frontiers and boundaries - African languages as political environment (1994)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G., & Fardon, R. (1994). Frontiers and boundaries - African languages as political environment. In R. Fardon, & G. Furniss (Eds.), African Languages, Development and the State (1-32). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203422571-4