{"product_id":"afropolitan-horizons-essays-toward-a-literary-anthropology-of-nigeria-9781800733190","title":"Afropolitan Horizons: Essays toward a Literary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tNigeria is a country shaped by internal diversity and transnational connections, past and present. Leading Nigerian writers from Chinua Achebe, Amos Tutuola and Wole Soyinka to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Teju Cole have portrayed these Nigerian issues, and have also written about some of the momentous events in Nigerian history. \u003cem\u003eAfropolitan Horizons\u003c\/em\u003e discusses their work alongside other novelists and commentators, as well as describing the ways in which Nigeria has appeared in foreign news reporting. It is all interwoven with the author’s own anthropological field research in a town in Central Nigeria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a beautifully written and evocative portrait of an anthropologist’s long-term interests in Nigerian writing and writers, with a focus on Nigeria’s engagements with the wider world. The author’s rich storytelling combines narratives of fieldwork, historical background, erudite scholarship, and analyses of the texts considered… This book takes literary anthropology to new heights.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Deborah Reed-Danahay\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Buffalo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a brilliantly innovative and entertaining book, especially if you love literature… It will be of interest not only to anthropologists but also to literary historians interested in the history and the intercultural context of the current crop of best-selling, world-famous Nigerian authors.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• J. Lorand Matory\u003c\/strong\u003e, Duke University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nigerian Connections\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Palm Wine, Amos Tutuola, and a Literary Gatekeeper\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bahia-Lagos-Ouidah: Mariana’s Story\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Igbo Life, Past and Present: Three Views\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Inland, Upriver with the Empire: Borrioboola-Gha\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e The City, according to Ekwensi…and Onuzo\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Points of Cultural Geography: Ibadan…Enugu, Onitsha, Nsukka\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Been-to: Dreams, Disappointments, Departures and Returns\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dateline Lagos: Reporting on Nigeria to the World\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Death in Lagos\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tai Solarin: On Colonial Power, Schools, the Work Ethic, Religion and the Press\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wole Soyinka, Leo Frobenius and the Ori Olokun\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Voice from the Purdah: Baba of Karo\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bauchi: The Academic and the Imam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Railtown Writers\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nigeria at War\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e America Observed: With Nigerian Eyes\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17.\u003c\/strong\u003e Transatlantic Shuttle\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sojourners from Black Britain\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 19.\u003c\/strong\u003e Oyotunji Village, South Carolina: Reverse Afropolitanism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042743615831,"sku":"9781800733190","price":15.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800733190.jpg?v=1750955431","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/afropolitan-horizons-essays-toward-a-literary-anthropology-of-nigeria-9781800733190","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}