Focus on Nigeria : literature and culture / edited by Gordon Collier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Collier, Gordon.

Series:

Matatu ; 0932-9714 no. 40.

Matatu, 0932-9714 ; no. 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nigerian literature--History and criticism.

Nigerian literature.

Nigeria--Social life and customs.

Nigeria.

Manners and customs.

Nigeria--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

498 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2012.

Summary:

Collier (English, U. Giessen, Germany) presents 28 papers and two pieces of creative writing, focusing on Nigeria's literature and cultural expression, as the title states. There is no description of any further themes or selection criteria as no introduction, foreword, or preface has been included. The papers include critical analysis of works by Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Adichie, Uwem Akpan, Ayi Kwei Armah, Hope Erghagha, Tanure Ojaide, Tayo Olafioye, and Tracies Utoh-Ezeajugh. Other papers discuss such topics as magic, witchcraft, and sorcery among the Etsako; Islam and culture; African feminism; the Nigerian educational system; political speeches of Nigerian heads of state; Yoruba local drug advertising; Nigerial gospel music; Yoruba drum poetry; modern trends in Islamized music; and the Nigerian filmmaker. Also included is an interview with poet and writer Jumoke Verissimo. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Literature. Parody of the Shakespearean fool: tradition in an African society / Durotoye A. Adeleke

"Breaking the head of the masquerade": Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh's "Out of the masks" and theatre of exclusion / Nick Mdika Tembo

Aesthetic metamorphosis: oral rhetoric in the poetry of Tanure Ojaide / Ogaga Okuyade

The quest for diplomatic leadership in the poetry of Tanure Ojaide / Kola Eke

Earth in the balance: the commodification of the environment in The Eye of the Earth and Delta Blues & Home Songs / Uzoechi Nwagbara

Motherhood and sundry preoccupations in Hope Eghagha's Mama dances into the night and other poems / Sunny Awhefeada / Assessing the dilemma of a nation at the crossroads: protest as landscape in Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the Savanna / Niyi Akingbe

Autobiographical memory, identity re/construction, and stylistic creativity in Tayo Olafioye's Grandma's Sun / Adeyemi Adegoju

Ayi Kwei Armah's professional correspondence: unveiling the ordeals of a gifted African writer / Ode S. Ogede

War and absurdity: viewing the manifestations of trauma in Uwem Akpan's "Luxurious hearses" / H. Oby Okolocha

Ethnic conflict and the politics of greed: rethinking Chimamanda Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun / Nick Mdike Tembo

Situational variables in Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus and Chinua Achebe's A Man of the People / Faith O. Ibhawaegbele and J.N. Edokpayi

Interview with Jumoke Verissimo / Nereus Yerima Tadi. Creative writing. Two thieves / Benjamin Panulo

Three poems / H. Oby Okolocha.

Society and cultural expression. The changing status of historical sites in Ilé-Ifẹ̀: implications for the contemporary study of Yorùbá history and culture / Abimbola O. Adesoji

Magic, witchcraft, and sorcery in warfare: the experience of the Etsakọ of Nigeria / Anthony Afe, Asekhauno and Valentine Ananafe Inagbor

Islam and culture: two epistemic catalysts for moral dilemmas in the African democratic experiment / Anthony Afe, Asekhaunio and Matthew A. Izibili

Dialectics of African feminism: a study of the Awonmili women's group in Awka (the land of blacksmiths) / Clifford Nwanna

'Acquisitive culture' and its impact on Nigeria's socio-economic development / Adebisi Ademakinwa

The decline of the Nigerian educational system: its impact on the younger generation / Tomi Adeaga

Grapho-syntactic analysis of selected political speeches of some Nigerian heads of state / Moses Omoniyi Ayeomoni

The structure of Yorùbá local drug advertising / Moji A. Olateju

Tokens of metaphoric expressions in Yorùbá anthroponyms / Joshua Abiodun Ogunwale

Public spectating and political undertones in Durbar: the emirate court art of northern Nigeria / Mohammed Inuwa Umar-Buratai

Exploiting resources of Yorùbá drum poetry for contemporary global relevance / Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa

Singing and suffering in Africa: a study of selected relevant texts of Nigerian gospel music / Femi Adedeji

The indigenization of military music in Nigeria: issues and perspectives / Michael Olútáyọ̀ Ọlátúnjí

Modern trends in the Islamized music of the traditional Yorùbá: concept, origin, and development / Michael Olútáyọ̀ Ọlátúnjí

Reels of conflicting paradigms: the black filmmaker and Africa's transitional dilemmas / Lifongo Vetinde.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789042035720

9042035722

OCLC:

810999418