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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... corruption . Macmillan's " Pacesetters " se- ries begins with publication of Agbo Areo's Director ! Maitatsine ( Muslim sect ) reli- gious riots in Kano lead to over four thousand deaths . Associa- tion of Nigerian Authors formed ...
... corruption and trim federal budget ; launches fifteen - month War Agains Indiscipline , national campaign promoting hard work , patriotism , cleaner environment . Negotiations with IMF to resched- ule foreign debt trigger popular ...
... corruption , its frustrations and its potential . The late Ken Saro - Wiwa put into pidgin poetry their common sentiment : Dis Nigeria sef , You too bring confusion ! How person no like you still ' e like Dis no be grade one confusion ...
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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 |