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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Nigerian Connections -- Palm Wine, Amos Tutuola, and a Literary Gatekeeper -- Bahia-Lagos-Ouidah: Mariana's Story -- Igbo Life, Past and Present: Three Views -- Inland, Upriver with the Empire: Borrioboola-Gha -- The City, according to Ekwensi . . . and Onuzo -- Points of Cultural Geography: Ibadan . . . Enugu, Onitsha, Nsukka -- Been-To: Dreams, Disappointments, Departures, and Returns -- Dateline Lagos: Reporting on Nigeria to the World -- Death in Lagos -- Tai Solarin: On Colonial Power, Schools, Work Ethic, Religion, and the Press -- Wole Soyinka, Leo Frobenius, and the Ori Olokun -- A Voice from the Purdah: Baba of Karo -- Bauchi: The Academic and the Imam -- Railtown Writers -- Nigeria at War -- America Observed: With Nigerian Eyes -- Transatlantic Shuttle -- Sojourners from Black Britain -- Oyotunji Village, South Carolina: Reverse Afropolitanism. |
| Summary |
"Nigeria is a country shaped by internal diversity and transnational connections, past and present. Leading Nigerian writers from Chinua Achebe, Amos Tutuola and Wole Soyinka to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Teju Cole have portrayed these Nigerian issues, and have also written about some of the momentous events in Nigerian history. Afropolitan Horizons discusses their work alongside other novelists and commentators, as well as describing the ways in which Nigeria has appeared in foreign news reporting. It is all interwoven with the author's own anthropological field research in a town in Central Nigeria"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Nigerian fiction (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Nigerian fiction (English) |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Nigerian fiction (English) -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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African diaspora in literature.
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African diaspora in literature. |
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Nigeria -- In literature.
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Nigeria. |
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Nigeria -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Nigeria -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
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Literary Criticism / African. |
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Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies. |
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Literature. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hannerz, Ulf. Afropolitan horizons New York : Berghahn Books, 2022 9781800732506 (DLC) 2021039745 |
| ISBN |
9781800732513 (ebook) |
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1800732511 |
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9781800732506 (hardback) |
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9781800733190 (paperback) |
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