The African Origins Of Rhetoric

Presenting an analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises, this title revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the 'darkness metaphor' - the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans.

• | By (Author): Cecil (University Of Pittsburgh, Usa) Blake
• | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 14, 2009
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 140 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0415997712
• | ISBN-13: 9780415997713