There were many countries that were included in the Afro-Asian literature.

They included China, Japan, India, Africa and the Philippines. The literature included information about the customs and traditions of different countries in Africa and Asia. The History of Afro-Asian Literature?

African literature refers to literature of and from Africa. As George Joseph notes on the first page of his chapter on African literature in Understanding Contemporary Africa, while the European perception of literature generally refers to written letters, the African concept includes oral literature.[1] As George Joseph continues, while European views of literature often stressed a separation of art and content, African awareness is inclusive: "Literature" can also imply an artistic use of words for the sake of art alone. ... traditionally, Africans do not radically separate art from teaching. Rather than write or sing for beauty in itself, African writers, taking their cue from oral literature, use beauty to help communicate important truths and information to society. Indeed, an object is considered beautiful because of the truths it reveals and the communities it helps to build. Afro asian Literature?

Afro Asian literature is a form of writing that is written by African Asians. This is in terms of poems and novels. This is regarded as different form of writing. Afro-Asian Literature is a term for novels or writing such as poems written by people from mixed African-Arab ethnicity, or African-Asian ethnicity. In modern times, a a part of world literature, Afro-Asian literature is a separate segment of writing [in English] of experiences in African and Asia to further cultural understanding and world peace. Afro-Asian literature is the literature from whole Africa and Asia. These literature include stories, myths and others. Transcript of Culture and Tradition in Afro-Asian Poetry

Africa In this period the native Afro-Asian countries are free from the influence of the Westerners, but that does not mean that they are now savage and barbaric, they have their own kingdoms, empires and rulings even before the Colonizers came. This is the period where struggle came. Some of the natives were stripped of their dignity as humans. Some were treated as animals. At last, liberalism awakened the natives. The love for their homelands grew more and they wanted to have it back. They have their independence, but when the colonizers left, nothing was left of them. Pre-Colonial Colonial Post -Colonial Saudi Arabia India Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) The first black to win th Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. His plays combined Western dramatic forms with the music, dance and mime of Africa. A Dance of the Forests(1960) talks about the celebration of Nigerias Independence. Poems

 A Big Airplane Crashed Into The Earth (original title Poems from Prison) Idanre and other poems Mandela's Earth and other poems Ogun Abibiman Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known Abiku The Ballad of the Landlord After the Deluge

Prisonnettes Telephone Conversation The Arabian Nights or The Thousand and One Nights, is a collection of stories from Persia, Arabia, India and Egypt compiled over hundreds of years. Most of the stories originated as folktales, anecdotes, or fables that were passed on orally. They Include Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin, and the Seven Voyages of the Sinbad the Sailor. Tagore was the most celebrated writer of modern Indian literature. His Gitanjali (Song Offerings) led him to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. China Lao-Tzu or Laozi was referred to as the Divine Sage. The Tao-Te-Ching has an enormous influence on Chinese thought and culture. It teaches the way of the world, to let things go in their natural course. Be simple and passive and remain close to nature. Japan HAIKU By Matsuo Basho 1644-1695 Many, many things They bring to mind Cherry blossoms. On a withered branch A crow has settled Autumn nightfall. An old silent pond, A frog jumps into the pond

Splash! Silence again. It is composed of three lines of five, seven and five syllables. Matsuo Basho was considered greatest among the Japanese haiku writers. Philippines Jos Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda My Final Farewell by Jose Rizal (Mi Ultimu Adios) My Fatherland ador'd, that sadness to my sorrow lends Beloved Filipinas, hear now my last good-by! I give thee all: parents and kindred and friends For I go where no slave before the oppressor bends, Where faith can never kill, and God reigns e'er on high!

Farewell to you all, from my soul torn away, Friends of my childhood in the home dispossessed ! Give thanks that I rest from the wearisome day ! Farewell to thee, too, sweet friend that lightened my way; Beloved creatures all, farewell! In death there is rest! Culture and Tradition in AfroAsian Poetry Why do we need to consider the culture and tradition of a country in understanding literature? Afro-Asian Literature mirrors not only the customs and traditions of African and Asian countries but also their philosophy of life which on the whole are deeply and predominantly contemplative and hauntingly sweet. Afro-Asian Literature is the reflection of the storm and the stress of developing nations seeking a place under the sun which every student must understand so he may know how this literature affects the history and culture of a nation