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Greed, 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. Drawing on interviews with Nigeria's writers, publishers, booksellers, and readers, surveys, and a careful reading of close to 500 Nigerian novels--from lightweight romances to literary masterpieces--Wendy Griswold explores how global cultural flows and local conflicts me...
Issues for 1965- include section: Annual bibliography of Commonwealth literature, 1964-
This is a groundbreaking new guide to Nigerian,literature including excellent, short,introductions to the major recent periods and,developments in Nigerian literary production and,comprehensive bibliographies of everything from,novels, poetry and drama to criticism and,children's literature. For both new and advanced,scholars of Nigerian literature, this work is,indispensable.
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