Nigerian Authors and the Me-Generation: New Shades of Black, 1st Edition

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Nigerian Authors and the Me-Generation: New Shades of Black explores African literary issues and focuses on Nigerian generations throughout history. It also underscores women authors’ relatively unknown or dispersed role and their positions regarding Western feminism. Concurrently, the book acknowledges the emergence of a current Generation called the Me-Generation, dealing with erstwhile taboo themes and genre experimentation. Three contemporary novels are singled out and analysed: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, A Small Silence by Jumoke Verissimo and Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi. They deal with the trope of blackness as humour and satire, as a healing space and as Igbo spiritual cosmovision, which contests Western givens. This book can become a reference for those interested in African literature and, particularly, Nigerian literature. Concurrently, it can be a starting point to enrich the debate on African literature.
Nigerian Authors and the Me-Generation: New Shades of Black 1st Edition is written by Eugenia Ossana and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Nigerian Authors and the Me-Generation are 9781040313954, 1040313957 and the print ISBNs are 9781032872957, 1032872950. Additional ISBNs include 9781040313923, 9781003545316.