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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... Niger . First European slave trade between Portuguese and Benin . Nri Kingdom east of the Niger , considered foundation of Igbo culture . Northern Nigeria con- trolled by Songhai on the west , Borno on the east . Dutch , later French ...
... Niger Delta . Yoruba Wars in south , following 1817 collapse of Oyo , disruptions of slave trade , and revolts by Mus- lims allied with Sokoto . Britain establishes Lagos colony . Royal Niger Company chartered for trading under Georgie ...
... Niger Delta . Western and Eastern regions be- come self - governing . Federal Executive Council formed , with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ( NPC ) appointed prime minister . Export of oil begins from Port Harcourt . North becomes self ...
... Niger River , which makes a curving T shape that divides the country into three regions , as shown on the map . The name was dreamed up by Flo- rence Shaw , an English ... NIGER Niger .Kano Maiduguri Zaria Kaduna . 6 CHAPTER 1 In Nigeria.
... NIGER Niger .Kano Maiduguri Zaria Kaduna . Jos Minna N .Ilorin • Ogbomosho ' Oshogbo I G ERIA Abuja Benue Ibadan , Abeokuta Lagos Benin City Enugu Warri Onitsha Port Harcourt Calabar CAMEROON GULF OF GUINEA SAO TOME GUINDA PRINCIPE ...
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 |