Achebe and Friends at Umuahia: The Making of a Literary Elite Contributor(s): Ochiagha, Terri (Author), Ochiagha, Terri (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1847011969 ISBN-13: 9781847011961 Publisher: James Currey OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | African - History | Africa - General |
Dewey: 820.9 |
Series: African Articulations |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.69 lbs) 216 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - West Africa |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Maps the literary awakening of the young intellectuals who became known as Nigeria's "first-generation" of postcolonial writers: Chinua Achebe, Elechi Amadi, Chike Momah, Christopher Okigb, Chukwuemeka Ike, Gabriel Okara, Ken Saro-Wiwa and I.C. Aniebo. The author provides fresh perspectives on Postcolonial and World literary processes, colonial education in British Africa, literary representations of colonialism and Chinua Achebe's seminal position in African literature. She demonstrates how each of the writers used this very particular education to shape their own visions of the world and examines the implications for African literature as a whole. Supplementary material is available online of some of the original sources. See: http: //boybrew.co/9781847011091_2 Terri Ochiagha is a Teaching Fellow in the History of Modern Africa at King's College, London and a Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham. She was previously a British Academy Newton Fellow at the University of Sussex. |