Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in NigeriaGreed, frustrated love, traffic jams, infertility, politics, polygamy. These--together with depictions of traditional village life and the impact of colonialism made familiar to Western readers through Chinua Achebe's writing--are the stuff of Nigerian fiction. Bearing Witness examines this varied content and the determined people who, against all odds, write, publish, sell, and read novels in Africa's most populous nation. |
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... Igbo dominated na- tional party founded in 1940s by Azikiwe and Macauley from old NYM ; originally the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons Nigerian Electric Power Authority Nigerian National Alliance Nigerian National ...
... Igbo Ukwu . Rise of Yoruba kingdom centered in Ife under oni ( king ) . In north some Hausa city - states ( Kano , Katsina ) build walled towns . Oyo kingdom surpasses Ife in Yorubaland . Benin becomes major power between Yorubaland and ...
... Igbo , east ) . Richards Constitution establishes federalism , separate legislatures in three regions . Northern Elements Progressive Union , under Aminu Kano , breaks off from more conservative NPC . Macpherson Constitution rein ...
... Igbo officers , assassination of Balewa , Akintola , Bello , northern officers . General Aguiyi - Ironsi ( Igbo , but not in- volved ) restores order under Federal Military Government , sus- pends constitution . Mob violence in north ...
... Igbo security . Aburi Agreement in January sets plan for loose confederation . In May East votes to secede ; Gowon , chairing new Supreme Military Council , proclaims abolition of regions in favor of twelve states ; Republic of Biafra ...
Contents
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CHAPTER 2 The Nigerian Fiction Complex | 26 |
CHAPTER 3 Nigerian Novels | 120 |
CHAPTER 4 Capturing the Past and Inventing the Future | 269 |
APPENDIX A Nigerian novels | 275 |
APPENDIX B Nigerian authors | 288 |
APPENDIX C Coding forms | 292 |
NOTES | 297 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 323 |
INDEX | 333 |
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Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria Wendy Griswold No preview available - 2000 |