Narrating the new African diaspora : 21st century Nigerian literature in context /: 21st century Nigerian literature in context. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Narrating the new African diaspora
• Further Information: Note: Maximilian Feldner.
• Authors: Feldner, Maximilian
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.89669; Nigerian literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism; African diaspora
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030057435; 3030057437
• Related ISBNs: 3030057429; 9783030057428
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