Print culture and the first Yoruba novel : I.B. Thomas's 'Life story of me, Sẹg̣iloḷa' and other texts / / edited, translated and with an introduction by Karin Barber.
First appearing as a series of letters to a local newspaper, “The Life Story of Me, Segilola” caused a sensation in Lagos in the late 1920's. The lifelike autobiography of a repentant courtesan, it regaled the reader with risqué escapades, pious moralising and vivid evocations of urban popular...
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| Superior document: | African sources for African history, v. 12 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African sources for African history ;
v. 12. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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