The forger's tale : the search for Odeziaku / Stephanie Newell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newell, Stephanie, 1968-

Series:

New African histories series.

New African histories series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Gay authors--Great Britain--Biography.

Gay authors.

Gay men--Great Britain--Identity.

Gay men.

Gay men--Africa--Identity.

Forgers--Great Britain--Biography.

Forgers.

Great Britain--Colonies--Africa--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Stuart-Young, John Moray, 1881-1939.

Stuart-Young, John Moray.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1905 and 1939 a conspicuously tall white man with a shock of red hair, dressed in a silk shirt and white linen trousers, could be seen on the streets of Onitsha, in Eastern Nigeria. How was it possible for an unconventional, boy-loving Englishman to gain a social status among the local populace enjoyed by few other Europeans in colonial West Africa? In The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku Stephanie Newell charts the story of the English novelist and poet John Moray Stuart-Young (1881-1939) as he traveled from the slums of Manchester to West Africa in order to escape the homo

Contents:

Forging ahead: the secret gentleman of Ardwick Green

The palm oil trader's view

Fragments of Oscar Wilde in colonial Nigeria

"Uranian" love in West Africa

The politics of naming : Igbo perspectives on Stuart-Young

The strange toleration of Stuart-Young in the African-owned press of Nigeria

A class apart : "Johnny Jones" of Back Kay Street

The production of a poet : Stuart-Young's verse and its readers.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and index.

ISBN:

9780821442302

0821442309

OCLC:

191949842