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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... region Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture , held in Lagos in 1977 Federal Military Government International Board for Books for Young people Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Nigerian Booksellers ...
... regional basis : Northern People's Congress under Ahmadu Bello ( Hausa - Fulani , north ) ; Action Group under Beginning of Christian mis- sionary activities in west ( CMS ) ; Roman Catholic mis- sions begin in 1860s , especially active ...
... regions . Northern Elements Progressive Union , under Aminu Kano , breaks off from more conservative NPC . Macpherson Constitution rein- forces both federalism and regionalism . Lyttleton Constitution creates three - region federation ...
... Region carved out of Western Region . Shifting party alignments , political disillusionment . Parliamentary elections : NNA ( NPC , NNDP , minority parties in Midwest and East ) versus UPGA ( NCNC , Action Group , minority parties in ...
... Region , presses for looser federal ties , 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 ...
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 |