Title Indigeneity, globalization, and African literature : personally speaking / Tanure Ojaide, Ph. D

Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series African histories and modernities African histories and modernities. Contents Contemporary Africa and the politics in literature -- Homecoming : African literature and human development -- Defining Niger Delta literature : preliminary perspective on an emerging literature -- After the Nobel : Wole Xoyinka's poetic output -- Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart in world literature -- An unusual growth : the development of Tijan M. Sallah's poetry -- An insider testimony : Odia Ofeimun and his generation of Nigerian poets -- Reviving modern African poetry : an argument -- The perils of a culture-less African literature in the age of globalization -- The imperative of experience in poetry : an African perspective -- Indigenous knowledge and its expression in the folklore of Africa and the African diaspora -- Policy studies, activist literature, and pitching for the masses in Nigeria -- Traditional Izon court and modern poetry : Christian Otobotekere's contribution -- Personally speaking : on the beauty I have seen -- Revisiting an African oral poetic performance : Udje today -- Performance, the new African poetry, and my poetry : a commentary -- Two tributes : Chinua Achebe and Kofi Awoonor -- The politics of African literature : production, publishing, and reception Summary This book brings a thoughtful, creative perspective to African literature instead of a theoretically-framed analysis. It contextualizes the production of African literature in culture, place, and history, framed in the context of globalization and environmental consciousness Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 10, 2016) Subject African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism African literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism Politics in literature. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. African literature Intellectual life Politics and government Politics in literature SUBJECT Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001573 Africa -- Intellectual life Subject Africa Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137560032 1137560037

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