Narrating the New African Diaspora

21st Century Nigerian Literature in Context

AvMaximilian Feldner

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Del i serien African Histories and Modernities

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Beskrivning

This book provides the first comprehensive survey and collection of Nigerian diaspora literature, offering readings of novelists such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sefi Atta, Helon Habila, Helen Oyeyemi, Taiye Selasi, Chika Unigwe, Chris Abani, and Ike Oguine.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-02-05
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:412 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:African Histories and Modernities
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030057428

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Maximilian Feldner is Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Graz, Austria.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Contexts: New African Diaspora, Nigerian Literature, and the Global Literary Market.- 3. Biafra and Nigerian Identity Formation in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun (2006).- 4. City of Stories: The Lagos Imaginary in Chris Abani’s GraceLand (2004) and Sefi Atta’s Swallow (2010).- 5.The Prison of 1990s Nigeria: Helon Habila’s Waiting for an Angel (2002).- 6. Leaving Nigeria: Ike Oguine, Sefi Atta, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.- 7. Exploring the Limitations of Afropolitanism in Taiye Selasi’s Ghana Must Go (2013).- 8. Second Generation Nigerians in England: Helen Oyeyemi’s The Icarus Girl (2005) and the Negative Experience of Hybridity.- 9. Returning to Nigeria: Teju Cole’s Every Day is for the Thief (2007) and Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come (2008).- 10. Return Migration in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah (2013).-11. Conclusion.