Slavery, Death, and the Village: Localizing Imperatives of Nigerian Writing.

This article explores the ubiquitous citations of the village and the manifestation of villagers in Nigerian fiction published since about 2000. Through a close reading of Chuma Nwokolo's Diaries of a Dead African, I argue that Nwokolo's novel exemplifies the ongoing critical regionalism in Nigerian...

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Publicado en:	University of Toronto Quarterly Vol. 84; no. 4; pp. 131 - 153
Autor principal:	OSINUBI, TAIWO ADETUNJI
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	University of Toronto Press Fall2015
Materias:	Diaries of a Dead African, The (Book) Nwokolo, Chuma Literary criticism Nigerian literature (English) Villages Villages in literature Africa in literature Africa
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