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1 online resource (301 pages) |
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African histories and modernities |
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African histories and modernities.
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| Contents |
Contemporary Africa and the politics in literature -- Homecoming : African literature and human development -- Defining Niger Delta literature : preliminary perspective on an emerging literature -- After the Nobel : Wole Xoyinka's poetic output -- Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart in world literature -- An unusual growth : the development of Tijan M. Sallah's poetry -- An insider testimony : Odia Ofeimun and his generation of Nigerian poets -- Reviving modern African poetry : an argument -- The perils of a culture-less African literature in the age of globalization -- The imperative of experience in poetry : an African perspective -- Indigenous knowledge and its expression in the folklore of Africa and the African diaspora -- Policy studies, activist literature, and pitching for the masses in Nigeria -- Traditional Izon court and modern poetry : Christian Otobotekere's contribution -- Personally speaking : on the beauty I have seen -- Revisiting an African oral poetic performance : Udje today -- Performance, the new African poetry, and my poetry : a commentary -- Two tributes : Chinua Achebe and Kofi Awoonor -- The politics of African literature : production, publishing, and reception. |
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Description based on print version record. |
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African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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African literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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Politics in literature.
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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Africa -- Intellectual life.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Ojaide, Tanure. Indigeneity, globalization, and African literature : personally speaking. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 African histories and modernities 9781137542205 |
| ISBN |
9781137542205 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9781137560032 (e-book) |
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