IntroductionTraditions of Literacy by Renampeacutee Larrier andOusseina D. AlidouPart I Visual and Verbal Artistry Texts and Textiles as EpistemologyChapter 1 Embodying African Womenamprsquos Epistemology International Womenamprsquos Day Pagnes in Cameroon Bertrade NgoNgijol Banoum and Anne Patricia RiceChapter 2 Reading the Tampeacuteratera Textiles Transportation and Nationalism in Nigeramprsquos First Republic Amanda GilvinChapter 3 Becoming Griot Righting Within a Minor Literature Oumar Diogoye DioufChapter 4 Research on Droughts and Famines in the Sahel the Contribution of Oral Literature Boureima Alpha GadoPart II Body LanguageWriting on the BodyChapter 5 Transgressive Embodied Writings of KAribbean Bodies in Pain Gladys Francis Chapter 6 Alhaji Roaming the City Gender HIVAIDS and the Performing Arts Ousseina D. AlidouChapter 7 Writing on the Visual Lalla Essaydiamprsquos Photographic Tableaux Donna GustafsonChapter 8 Angles of Representation Photography and the Vision of al Misriyya the Egyptian in Womenamprsquos Press of the Early Twentieth Century Fakhri HaghaniPart III Inscribing Popular CultureChapter 9 Representing Adolescent Sexuality in the Sahel Barbara CooperChapter 10 Thereamp39s More Than One Way to Make a CeebuJampeumln Narrating West African Recipes in Texts Julie HuntingtonChapter 11 Reclamation of the Arena Traditional Wrestling in West Africa Bojana CoulibalyChapter 12 Ritual Celebrations Context of the Development of New African Hybrid Cultures JeanBaptiste SourouChapter 13 Simmering Exile Edwidge SylvestreCeidePart IV Language Literacy and EducationChapter 14 WritingLearning and Teaching Material for Early Childhood Cultures from Africa to a Global Context Rokhaya Fall DiawaraChapter 15 Orthographic Diversity in a World of Standards Graphic Representations of Vernacular Arabics in Morocco Becky SchulthiesChapter 16 The Polyphonous Classroom Discourse on LanguageinEducation on Reunion Island Meghan TinsleyChapter 17 Thundering PoeticsMurmurin