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  ferdinand oyono books: Road to Europe Ferdinand Oyono, 1989 First published in French in 1960, this novel is the story of Aki Barnabas, a young Cameroonian scholar who seeks to become someone by using the rules of the colonial system to his personal advantage.
  ferdinand oyono books: Houseboy Ferdinand Oyono, 1990 Written in the form of a diary, kept by the Cameroonian houseboy Toundi, this book looks at Toundi's innocence and his awe of the white world of his masters.
  ferdinand oyono books: The Old Man and the Medal Ferdinand Oyono, 2013-08-13 Writing in French in the 1950s, Ferdinand Léopold Oyono (1929–2010) had only a brief literary career, but his anticolonialist novels are considered classics of twentieth-century African literature. Like Oyono’s Houseboy, also available from Waveland Press, this novel fiercely satirizes the false pretenses of European colonial rule in Africa. Meka, a village elder, has always been loyal to the white man. It is with pride that he first hears he is to receive a medal. While waiting for the ceremony, however, Meka’s pride gives way to skepticism. At the same time, his wife has realized that the medal is being given to her husband as compensation for the sacrifices they have made. The events following the ceremony confirm Meka’s new estimation of the white man. Both subtle and oftentimes humorous, this beautifully told story lays bare the hollowness of the mission in Africa. It fuels opportunities for discussing colonial politics around class and race as well as for exploring indigenous Cameroon life and values.
  ferdinand oyono books: Of Chameleons and Gods Jack Mapanje, 1991 A volume of poetry written by a Malawi prisoner of conscience during his ten-year imprisonment.
  ferdinand oyono books: Changes Ama Ata Aidoo, 2015-04-25 A Commonwealth Prize–winning novel of “intense power . . . examining the role of women in modern African society” by the acclaimed Ghanaian author (Publishers Weekly). Living in Ghana’s capital city of Accra with a postgraduate degree and a career in data analysis, Esi Sekyi is a thoroughly modern African woman. Perhaps that is why she decides to divorce her husband after enduring yet another morning’s marital rape. Though her friends and family are baffled by her decision (after all, he doesn’t beat her!), Esi holds fast. When she falls in love with a married man—wealthy, and able to arrange a polygamous marriage—the modern woman finds herself trapped in a new set of problems. Witty and compelling, Aidoo’s novel, according to Manthia Diawara, “inaugurates a new realist style in African literature.” In an afterword to this edition, Tuzyline Jita Allan “places Aidoo’s work in a historical context and helps introduce this remarkable writer [who] sheds light on women’s problems around the globe” (Publishers Weekly).
  ferdinand oyono books: Allah is Not Obliged Ahmadou Kourouma, 2011-06-01 ALLAH IS NOT OBLIGED TO BE FAIR ABOUT ALL THE THINGS HE DOES HERE ON EARTH.These are the words of the boy soldier Birahima in the final masterpiece by one of Africa’s most celebrated writers, Ahmadou Kourouma. When ten-year-old Birahima's mother dies, he leaves his native village in the Ivory Coast, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima is given a Kalashnikov, minimal rations of food, a small supply of dope and a tiny wage. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity. Raw and unforgettable, despairing yet filled with laughter, Allah Is Not Obliged reveals the ways in which children's innocence and youth are compromised by war.
  ferdinand oyono books: The White Man of God Kenjo wan Jumbam, 1980 This novel of wisdom and charm tells the story of Tansa, a boy growing up in a Cameroonian village which has been split down the middle by the arrival of a missionary - the white man of God.
  ferdinand oyono books: Postcolonial African Writers Siga Fatima Jagne, Pushpa Naidu Parekh, 2012-11-12 This reference book surveys the richness of postcolonial African literature. The volume begins with an introductory essay on postcolonial criticism and African writing, then presents alphabetically arranged profiles of some 60 writers, including Chinua Achebe, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris Lessing, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Tahbar Ben Jelloun, among others. Each entry includes a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes that appear in the author's writings, an overview of the critical response to the author's work, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. These profiles are written by expert contributors and reflect many different perspectives. The volume concludes with a selected general bibliography of the most important critical works on postcolonial African literature.
  ferdinand oyono books: The Deep Blue Between Ayesha Harruna Attah, 2022-03-01 Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina have always shared their lives. But after a raid on their village in 1892, the twins are torn apart. Taken in different directions, far from their home in rural West Africa, each sister finds freedom and a new start. Hassana settles in in the city of Accra, where she throws herself into working for political and social change. Husseina travels to Salvador, Brazil, where she becomes immersed in faith, worshipping spirits that bridge the motherland and the new world. Separated by an ocean, they forge new families, ward off dangers, and begin to truly know themselves. As the twins pursue their separate paths, they remain connected through their shared dreams. But will they ever manage to find each other again? “Uplifting . . . sizzles with sister-love and magic. What an incredible storyteller!”—Yaba Badoe, author of A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars
  ferdinand oyono books: Towards an African Narrative Theology Joseph Healey, 1996 Reflects what traditional proverbs used in Christian catechetical, liturgical, and ritual contexts reveal about Tanzanian appropriations of and interpretations of Christianity.
  ferdinand oyono books: Francophone Literatures M. H. Offord, 2001 Unique in its analysis both of literary and linguistic techniques, this text draws together extracts from novels written in French by writers from Francophone areas outside Europe, including North Africa, Black Africa, the Caribbean and North America.
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  ferdinand oyono books: A Particular Kind of Black Man Tope Folarin, 2020-08-11 **One of Time’s 32 Books You Need to Read This Summer** An NPR Best Book of 2019 An “electrifying” (Publishers Weekly) debut novel from Rhodes Scholar and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing about a Nigerian family living in Utah and their uneasy assimilation to American life. Living in small-town Utah has always been an uncomfortable fit for Tunde Akinola’s family, especially for his Nigeria-born parents. Though Tunde speaks English with a Midwestern accent, he can’t escape the children who rub his skin and ask why the black won’t come off. As he struggles to fit in, he finds little solace from his parents who are grappling with their own issues. Tunde’s father, ever the optimist, works tirelessly chasing his American dream while his wife, lonely in Utah without family and friends, sinks deeper into schizophrenia. Then one otherwise-ordinary morning, Tunde’s mother wakes him with a hug, bundles him and his baby brother into the car, and takes them away from the only home they’ve ever known. But running away doesn’t bring her, or her children, any relief; once Tunde’s father tracks them down, she flees to Nigeria, and Tunde never feels at home again. He spends the rest of his childhood and young adulthood searching for connection—to the wary stepmother and stepbrothers he gains when his father remarries; to the Utah residents who mock his father’s accent; to evangelical religion; to his Texas middle school’s crowd of African-Americans; to the fraternity brothers of his historically black college. In so doing, he discovers something that sends him on a journey away from everything he has known. Sweeping, stirring, and perspective-shifting, A Particular Kind of Black Man is “wild, vulnerable, lived…A study of the particulate self, the self as a constellation of moving parts” (The New York Times Book Review).
  ferdinand oyono books: The Seine was Red Leïla Sebbar, 2008 Toward the end of the Algerian war, the FLN, an Algerian nationalist party, organised a demonstration in Paris to oppose a curfew imposed upon Algerians in France. The protest was brutally suppressed by the Paris police. This incident provides an intimate look at the history of violence between France and Algeria.
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  ferdinand oyono books: A History of Modern Africa Richard J. Reid, 2011-11-14 Updated and revised to emphasise long-term perspectives on current issues facing the continent, the new 2nd Edition of A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of Africa's political, economic, and social history over the past two centuries. Adopts a long-term approach to current issues, stressing the importance of nineteenth-century and deeper indigenous dynamics in explaining Africa's later twentieth-century challenges Places a greater focus on African agency, especially during the colonial encounter Includes more in-depth coverage of non-Anglophone Africa Offers expanded coverage of the post-colonial era to take account of recent developments, including the conflict in Darfur and the political unrest of 2011 in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya
  ferdinand oyono books: Introduction to Francophone African Literature Olusola Oke, Sam Ade Ojo, 2000 The first title of a new African literature series, this is a lively, accomplished collection of essays about modern African literature in French. It aims to address the need - of both the anglophone African and the non-African reader - for literary criticism of francophone literature in English, and thus bridge a prevailing, prohibitive lanaguage and cultural barrier. The collection covers a comprehensive range of genres - from the epic traditon and oral literature, to poetry and the modern novel. Its contributors are all specialists in French literature and African literature in French, and include for example the prominent Nigerian critic of feminist literature and feminism, Adule Adebayo. Subjects include: negritude poetry as a process of protest, revolt and reconciliation; the biographies and autobiographical novels of women writers and their comparative late arrival on the literary scene; and perspectives on the debate surrounding the tradition and status of the African novel.
  ferdinand oyono books: Crossing the Mangrove Maryse Conde, 2011-03-02 In this beautifully crafted, Rashomon-like novel, Maryse Conde has written a gripping story imbued with all the nuances and traditions of Caribbean culture. Francis Sancher--a handsome outsider, loved by some and reviled by others--is found dead, face down in the mud on a path outside Riviere au Sel, a small village in Guadeloupe. None of the villagers are particularly surprised, since Sancher, a secretive and melancholy man, had often predicted an unnatural death for himself. As the villagers come to pay their respects they each--either in a speech to the mourners, or in an internal monologue--reveal another piece of the mystery behind Sancher's life and death. Like pieces of an elaborate puzzle, their memories interlock to create a rich and intriguing portrait of a man and a community. In the lush and vivid prose for which she has become famous, Conde has constructed a Guadeloupean wake for Francis Sancher. Retaining the full color and vibrance of Conde's homeland, Crossing the Mangrove pays homage to Guadeloupe in both subject and structure.
  ferdinand oyono books: Reading the African Novel Simon Gikandi, 1987 Simon Gikandi provides critical analysis on the African novel.
  ferdinand oyono books: Black Bazaar Alain Mabanckou, 2012-07-05 Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 Buttologist is down on his uppers. His girlfriend, Original Colour, has cleared out of their Paris studio and run off to the Congo with a vertically challenged drummer known as The Mongrel. She's taken their daughter with her. Meanwhile, a racist neighbour spies on him something wicked, accusing him of 'digging a hole in the Dole'. And his drinking buddies at Jips, the Afro-Cuban bar in Les Halles, pour scorn on Black Bazaar, the journal he keeps to log his sorrows. There are days when only the Arab in the corner shop has a kind word; while at night his dreams are stalked by the cannibal pygmies of Gabon. Then again, Buttologist wears no ordinary uppers. He has style, bags of it (suitcases of crocodile and anaconda Westons, to be precise). He's a dandy from the Bacongo district of Brazzaville - AKA a sapeur or member of the Society of Ambience-makers and People of Elegance. But is flaunting sartorial chic against tough times enough for Buttologist to cut it in the City of Light?
  ferdinand oyono books: The Tears of the Black Man Alain Mabanckou, 2018-07-11 In The Tears of the Black Man, award-winning author Alain Mabanckou explores what it means to be black in the world today. Mabanckou confronts the long and entangled history of Africa, France, and the United States as it has been shaped by slavery, colonialism, and their legacy today. Without ignoring the injustices and prejudice still facing blacks, he distances himself from resentment and victimhood, arguing that focusing too intensely on the crimes of the past is limiting. Instead, it is time to ask: Now what? Embracing the challenges faced by ethnic minority communities today, The Tears of the Black Man looks to the future, choosing to believe that the history of Africa has yet to be written and seeking a path toward affirmation and reconciliation.
  ferdinand oyono books: Boy! Ferdinand Oyono, 1970 This book is written as the diary of a man named Toundi, found shortly after he has died. It describes his difficult life beginning with his father's childhood beatings. He runs away from home and is taken in by a priest who teaches him to read and write. When the priest dies, Toundi takes a job as a houseboy for the colony's Commandant. The Commandant's wife, however, is cruel to Toundi and becomes moreso when her husband is away. She takes a lover, M. Moreau, who detests the Africans, and the couple feel threatened by Toundi's knowledge of their affair. Ultimately Toundi is accused of a crime he didn't commit and sent to jail. Eventually he escapes to Spanish Guinea where he dies.
  ferdinand oyono books: Mercy Lara Santoro, 2008 With a swift, compressed narrative style and compassionate vision, Santoro offers an indelible portrait of Africa in the throes of an epidemic. Smart, suspenseful, and ultimately heart-wrenching, this novel is a powerful tale of moral outrage and personal transformation.
  ferdinand oyono books: Powder Necklace Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, 2010-04-06 To protect her daughter from the fast life and bad influences of London, her mother sent her to school in rural Ghana. The move was for the girl’s own good, in her mother’s mind, but for the daughter, the reality of being the new girl, the foreigner-among-your-own-people, was even worse than the idea. During her time at school, she would learn that Ghana was much more complicated than her fellow ex-pats had ever told her, including how much a London-raised child takes something like water for granted. In Ghana, water “became a symbol of who had and who didn’t, who believed in God and who didn’t. If you didn’t have water to bathe, you were poor because no one had sent you some.” After six years in Ghana, her mother summons her home to London to meet the new man in her mother’s life—and his daughter. The reunion is bittersweet and short-lived as her parents decide it’s time that she get to know her father. So once again, she’s sent off, this time to live with her father, his new wife, and their young children in New York—but not before a family trip to Disney World.
  ferdinand oyono books: Blank Darkness Christopher L. Miller, 1985 Blank Darkness: Africanist Discourse in French is a brilliant and altogether convincing analysis of the way in which Western writers, from Homer to the twentieth century have . . . imposed their language of desire on the least-known part of the world and have called it 'Africa.' There are excellent readings here of writers ranging from Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Sade, and Céline to Conrad and Yambo Ouologuem, but even more impressive and important than these individual readings is Mr. Miller's wide-ranging, incisive, and exact analysis of 'Africanist' discourse, what it has been and what it has meant in the literature of the Western world.—James Olney, Louisiana State University
  ferdinand oyono books: Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories Alifa Rifaat, 2014-01-16 “More convincingly than any other woman writing in Arabic today, Alifa Rifaat lifts the veil on what it means to be a woman living within a traditional Muslim society.” So states the translator’s foreword to this collection of the Egyptian author’s best short stories. Rifaat (1930–1996) did not go to university, spoke only Arabic, and seldom traveled abroad. This virtual immunity from Western influence lends a special authenticity to her direct yet sincere accounts of death, sexual fulfillment, the lives of women in purdah, and the frustrations of everyday life in a male-dominated Islamic environment. Translated from the Arabic by Denys Johnson-Davies, the collection admits the reader into a hidden private world, regulated by the call of the mosque, but often full of profound anguish and personal isolation. Badriyya’s despairing anger at her deceitful husband, for example, or the haunting melancholy of “At the Time of the Jasmine,” are treated with a sensitivity to the discipline and order of Islam.
  ferdinand oyono books: Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol Okot p'Bitek, 1984 Two African literary works by Okot P'Bitek available together in the African Writers Series.
  ferdinand oyono books: Hope Deferred Peter Orner, Annie Holmes, 2023-06-15 Hope Deferred asks the question: How did Zimbabwe, a country with so much promise—a stellar education system, a growing middle class, a sophisticated economic infrastructure, a liberal constitution, and an independent judiciary—come so close to collapse? In their own words, Zimbabweans tell their stories of losing their homes, land, livelihoods, and families as a direct result of political violence. They describe being tortured in detention, firebombed at work, or beaten up or raped to “punish” votes for the opposition. Those forced to flee to neighboring countries recount their escapes: cutting through fences, swimming across crocodile-infested rivers, and entrusting themselves to human smugglers. This book includes. Zimbabweans of every age, class, and political conviction—from farm laborers and academics to doctors and artists—ordinary people surviving the fragmentation of a once-thriving nation.
  ferdinand oyono books: From Pasta to Pigfoot Frances Mensah Williams, 2022-11-17 Be swept away by sun, sea, self-love and a delicious dollop of romance in this original, multicultural romance novel set between London and Ghana. Introducing your new, favourite girl-next-door Faye Bonsu. Dismissed as a cultural lightweight by the man she is desperate to please, under-achieving PA, Faye Bonsu, is on a mission to find love. A disastrous night out leaves pasta-fanatic Faye's romantic dreams in tatters and underscores her alienation from her African heritage. Leaving her cosy middle-class life in London's leafy Hampstead to find out what she's missing, Faye is whisked into the hectic social whirlpool of Ghana where she meets the handsome Rocky Asante, a cynical, career-obsessed banker with no time for women... until now. Transported into a world of food, fun and sun, and faced with choices she had never thought possible, Faye is forced to discover that no matter how far you travel, you can't find love until you find yourself. From Pasta to Pigfoot is a fun, contemporary, multi-cultural novel that explores in a light-hearted way the clash of cultures that has become characteristic of our increasingly multicultural society.
  ferdinand oyono books: The Novels of Ferdinand Oyono Christopher Dunton, 1997-06-01
  ferdinand oyono books: Chike and the River Chinua Achebe, 2011-08-09 The more Chike saw the ferry-boats the more he wanted to make the trip to Asaba. But where would he get the money? He did not know. Still, he hoped. Eleven-year-old Chike longs to cross the Niger River to the city of Asaba, but he doesn’t have the sixpence he needs to pay for the ferry ride. With the help of his friend S.M.O.G., he embarks on a series of adventures to help him get there. Along the way, he is exposed to a range of new experiences that are both thrilling and terrifying, from eating his first skewer of suya under the shade of a mango tree, to visiting the village magician who promises to double the money in his pocket. Once he finally makes it across the river, Chike realizes that life on the other side is far different from his expectations, and he must find the courage within him to make it home. Chike and the River is a magical tale of boundaries, bravery, and growth, by Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most beloved and admired storytellers.
  ferdinand oyono books: Contemporary Francophone African Writers and the Burden of Commitment Odile Cazenave, Patricia Célérier, 2011-01-03 Introduction: the burden of commitment -- Enduring commitments -- The practice of memory -- Lifting the burden? Francophone African writers engaging in new aesthetics -- The fashioning of an engaging literature: the publishing industry, the internet, and criticism -- Conclusion. the possibilities of artistic commitment.
  ferdinand oyono books: Yellow-yellow Kaine Agary, 2006
  ferdinand oyono books: Mother Crocodile Birago Diop, 1981 Because Mother Crocodile tells stories of the past, the little crocodiles choose to believe she is crazy until almost too late they learn otherwise.
  ferdinand oyono books: Unanswered Cries Osman Conteh, 2002
  ferdinand oyono books: Minerva Guide to Ferdinand Oyono :The Old Man and the Medal A.N. Parasuram, Ferdinand Oyono, 1973
  ferdinand oyono books: Mission to Kala Mongo Beti, 1980
  ferdinand oyono books: Ferdinand Oyono Ferdinand Oyono, 1964
  ferdinand oyono books: Segu Maryse Condé, 2017-04-06 The bestselling epic novel of family, treachery, rivalry, religious fervour and the turbulent fate of a royal African dynasty It is 1797 and the African kingdom of Segu, born of blood and violence, is at the height of its power. Yet Dousika Traore, the king's most trusted advisor, feels nothing but dread. Change is coming. From the East, a new religion, Islam. From the West, the slave trade. These forces will tear his country, his village and the lives of his beloved sons apart, in Maryse Cond�'s glittering epic. 'Rich and colorful and glorious. It sprawls over continents and centuries to find its way into the reader's heart' - Maya Angelou 'A stunning reaffirmation of Africa and its peoples... It's a starburst' - John A. Williams
  ferdinand oyono books: Kehinde Buchi Emecheta, 2005 The problems of African expatriates in England. Albert and Kehinde Okolo have lived in London for 18 years. When Albert announces they are returning to Nigeria, Kehinde opposes him because Nigeria is a foreign country to their children. It is the start of a marriage crisis.
Ferdinand (film) - Wikipedia
Ferdinand is a 2017 American animated comedy film. Loosely based on Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson's 1936 children's book The Story of Ferdinand, the film was written by Robert L. Baird, …

Ferdinand (2017) - IMDb
Ferdinand: Directed by Carlos Saldanha. With Jack Gore, Jet Jurgensmeyer, Nile Diaz, Colin H. Murphy. After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, is mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is …

Ferdinand (film) | Ferdinand Wiki - Fandom
FERDINAND tells the story of a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a …

Ferdinand - Disney Movies
Dec 15, 2017 · Ferdinand (John Cena) is a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast and torn from his home, he rallies a misfit team of friends for the ultimate …

Ferdinand streaming: where to watch movie online? - JustWatch
Currently you are able to watch "Ferdinand" streaming on Disney Plus, fuboTV, Freeform. It is also possible to buy "Ferdinand" on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Microsoft …

Watch Ferdinand - Netflix
Taken for a fierce fighter, a giant yet gentle bull returns to his old ranch and tries to dodge the bullring with the help of his misfit friends. Watch trailers & learn more.

Ferdinand (2017) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Dec 15, 2017 · As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and …

Ferdinand I | Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia & Hungary
Ferdinand I was the Holy Roman emperor (1558–64) and king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526, who, with his Peace of Augsburg (1555), concluded the era of religious strife in Germany …

Watch Ferdinand - Disney+
From the creators of Ice Age and Rio comes a truly love-a-bull family comedy about Ferdinand, a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast and torn from his home, …

Ferdinand - Wikipedia
Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements farð "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic *farthi, abstract noun from root *far-"to fare, travel" (PIE *par, "to lead, pass over"), and nanth …

Ferdinand (film) - Wikipedia
Ferdinand is a 2017 American animated comedy film. Loosely based on Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson's 1936 children's book The Story of Ferdinand, the film was written by Robert L. Baird, …

Ferdinand (2017) - IMDb
Ferdinand: Directed by Carlos Saldanha. With Jack Gore, Jet Jurgensmeyer, Nile Diaz, Colin H. Murphy. After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, is mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is …

Ferdinand (film) | Ferdinand Wiki - Fandom
FERDINAND tells the story of a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a …

Ferdinand - Disney Movies
Dec 15, 2017 · Ferdinand (John Cena) is a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast and torn from his home, he rallies a misfit team of friends for the ultimate …

Ferdinand streaming: where to watch movie online? - JustWatch
Currently you are able to watch "Ferdinand" streaming on Disney Plus, fuboTV, Freeform. It is also possible to buy "Ferdinand" on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Microsoft …

Watch Ferdinand - Netflix
Taken for a fierce fighter, a giant yet gentle bull returns to his old ranch and tries to dodge the bullring with the help of his misfit friends. Watch trailers & learn more.

Ferdinand (2017) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Dec 15, 2017 · As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and …

Ferdinand I | Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia & Hungary
Ferdinand I was the Holy Roman emperor (1558–64) and king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526, who, with his Peace of Augsburg (1555), concluded the era of religious strife in Germany …

Watch Ferdinand - Disney+
From the creators of Ice Age and Rio comes a truly love-a-bull family comedy about Ferdinand, a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast and torn from his home, …

Ferdinand - Wikipedia
Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements farð "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic *farthi, abstract noun from root *far-"to fare, travel" (PIE *par, "to lead, pass over"), and nanth …