Afropolitan Horizons

Ulf Hannerz is Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, and has taught at several American, European and Australian universities. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a former Chair of the European Association of Social Anthropologists.

“This is a beautifully written and evocative portrait of an anthropologist’s long-term interests in Nigerian writing and writers, with a focus on Nigeria’s engagements with the wider world. The author’s rich storytelling combines narratives of fieldwork, historical background, erudite scholarship, and analyses of the texts considered… This book takes literary anthropology to new heights.” • Deborah Reed-Danahay, University of Buffalo“This is a brilliantly innovative and entertaining book, especially if you love literature… It will be of interest not only to anthropologists but also to literary historians interested in the history and the intercultural context of the current crop of best-selling, world-famous Nigerian authors.” • J. Lorand Matory, Duke University

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Nigerian ConnectionsChapter 1. Palm Wine, Amos Tutuola, and a Literary GatekeeperChapter 2. Bahia-Lagos-Ouidah: Mariana’s StoryChapter 3. Igbo Life, Past and Present: Three ViewsChapter 4. Inland, Upriver with the Empire: Borrioboola-GhaChapter 5. The City, according to Ekwensi…and OnuzoChapter 6. Points of Cultural Geography: Ibadan…Enugu, Onitsha, NsukkaChapter 7. Been-to: Dreams, Disappointments, Departures and ReturnsChapter 8. Dateline Lagos: Reporting on Nigeria to the WorldChapter 9. Death in LagosChapter 10. Tai Solarin: On Colonial Power, Schools, the Work Ethic, Religion and the PressChapter 11. Wole Soyinka, Leo Frobenius and the Ori OlokunChapter 12. A Voice from the Purdah: Baba of KaroChapter 13. Bauchi: The Academic and the ImamChapter 14. Railtown WritersChapter 15. Nigeria at WarChapter 16. America Observed: With Nigerian EyesChapter 17. Transatlantic ShuttleChapter 18. Sojourners from Black BritainChapter 19. Oyotunji Village, South Carolina: Reverse AfropolitanismIndex