Invoking Flora Nwapa : : Nigerian women writers, femininity and spirituality in world literature / / Paula Uimonen.

"By invoking Flora Nwapa, this monograph draws attention to Nigerian women writers in world literature, with an emphasis on femininity and spirituality. Flora Nwapa's Efuru (1966) was the first internationally published novel in English by a female African writer. With the establishment of...

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Place / Publishing House:Sweden : : Stockholm University Press,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue: Ethnography of Flora Nwapa and Nigerian Women Writers
  • 1. Cultural Tangles in Lagos
  • 2. Feminist Controversies in Maiduguri
  • 3. Celebrating Children in Abuja
  • 4. Post-War Publishing in Enugu
  • 5. Culture and Relationality in Owerri
  • 6. Sacred Waters in Oguta
  • Epilogue: Revisiting Oguta and Thanking Ogbuide
  • Bibliography
  • Films.