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Narrating the New African Diaspora

21st Century Nigerian Literature in Context

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Authors:
  1. Maximilian Feldner

    1. University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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  • Constitutes a survey of contemporary Nigerian literature in context
  • Offers readings of texts by key writers such as Adichie, Habila and Abani
  • Analyses depictions of migratory experiences

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 1-11

  3. Contexts: New African Diaspora, Nigerian Literature, and the Global Literary Market

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 13-36

  4. Biafra and Nigerian Identity Formation in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun (2006)

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 37-60

  5. City of Stories: The Lagos Imaginary in Chris Abani’s GraceLand (2004) and Sefi Atta’s Swallow (2010)

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 61-83

  6. The Prison of 1990s Nigeria: Helon Habila’s Waiting for an Angel (2002)

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 85-106

  7. Leaving Nigeria: Ike Oguine, Sefi Atta, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 107-126

  8. Exploring the Limitations of Afropolitanism in Taiye Selasi’s Ghana Must Go (2013)

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 127-145

  9. Second-Generation Nigerians in England: Helen Oyeyemi’s The Icarus Girl (2005) and the Negative Experience of Hybridity

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 147-163

  10. Returning to Nigeria: Teju Cole’s Every Day Is for the Thief (2007) and Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come (2005)

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 165-184

  11. Return Migration in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah (2013)

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 185-199

  12. Conclusion

    • Maximilian Feldner
    Pages 201-208

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 209-212
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About this book

This book provides the first comprehensive survey and collection of Nigerian diaspora literature, offering readings of novelists such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sefi Atta, Helon Habila, Helen Oyeyemi, Taiye Selasi, Chika Unigwe, Chris Abani, and Ike Oguine. As members of the new African diaspora, their literature captures experiences of recent Nigerian migration to the United States and the United Kingdom. Examining representative novels, such as Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, Habila’s Waiting for an Angel, Abani’s GraceLand, and Oyeyemi’s The Icarus Girl, the book discusses these novels’ literary and narrative methods and provides detailed analyses of two of the most common themes: depictions of migratory experiences and representations of Nigeria. Placing the novels in their relevant historical, sociological, philosophical, and theoretical contexts, Narrating the New African Diaspora presents an insightful study of current anglophone Nigerian narrative literature.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Maximilian Feldner

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Maximilian Feldner is Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Graz, Austria.

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