Jah Kente International ®, Inc.
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​Definitions of the word literature tend to be circular. The 11th edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary considers literature to be “writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest.” The 19th-century critic Walter Pater referred to “the matter of imaginative or artistic literature” as a “transcript, not of mere fact, but of fact in its infinitely varied forms.” But such definitions assume that the reader already knows what literature is. And indeed its central meaning, at least, is clear enough. Deriving from the Latin littera, “a letter of the alphabet,” literature is first and foremost humankind’s entire body of writing; after that it is the body of writing belonging to a given language or people; then it is individual pieces of writing.

In this sense, many construe literature as a body of written work that has traditionally been applied to those imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of their authors and the perceived aesthetic excellence of their execution. Literature may be classified according to a variety of systems, including language, national origin, historical period, genre, and subject matter. For historical treatment of various literatures within geographical regions, see such articles as African literature; African theatre; Oceanic literature; Western literature. 

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  • Mission
  • Board & Management
    • Professor Kelsey Collie
    • Dr.BarksdaleHall
    • Dr. Theresia Wansi -Financial Literacy
    • Administrative Secretary, BOD
    • Rufus T. Stevenson
    • Contacts
  • INTERNATIONAL
    • African Union ECOSOCC - Ghana
    • Youth Specfic
    • Heritage Tours and Development
    • Central Africa Region >
      • Cameroon
  • ARTS
    • Dance
    • Theatre >
      • MBSYEP 2021 STALWARTS >
        • Dare to Amaze Youths >
          • Christian Pree
          • myjadarbymkthepoet
          • Ajani Obaseki
          • Chiamaka Irika
          • Hope Payne
          • OST Project Proficient
    • Visual Arts >
      • ArtsAndDecor
      • SerenityPonger
      • Samara Winston
      • Ashley Torres
      • Film
    • Culinary Arts and Sommelier >
      • News/Events >
        • COVID-19
        • Archives
      • Food Research and News
    • Research
    • African Hit Music of All Time
    • Textile, Fashion Arts and Cosmetology >
      • Designs by DC Youths
    • Medicine and Arts
  • HUMANITIES
    • Communication Media Arts
    • Ethnohistory
    • SAWA SUMMIT
    • Harlem Renaissance
    • Freedom Ride and Civil Rights
    • Global Politics, Leadership, and Diplomacy
    • Juneteenth
    • Great Literature >
      • Things Fall Apart >
        • Metaphor and Similes >
          • Written Word
        • Tone
        • Igbo Phrases
      • Poetry for Purpose >
        • Spoken Word
  • WORK READINESS
    • Work Readiness Workshop: SCANS
    • Mentorship >
      • YMOC-Outreach
    • Tailored Workshop
  • WOMEN OF ESSENCE
    • AfricanWomenofEssence