The Writings of Ben Okri Transcending the Local and the National
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The Writings of Ben Okri Transcending the Local and the National
1IntroductionThe Writings of Ben Okri: Transcending the Local and the National2The Writings of Ben OkriBlurbWhile African Literature Studies show a te The Writings of Ben Okri Transcending the Local and the Nationalendency to gloss over the essentially diasporic nature of many African writings, this study engages with the conceit of emigre identity in specific relation to Ben Okri. Through Homi K. Bhabha, new readings of Okri’s earlier works reveal a mimicry that speaks of an unconscious tethering to a colonia The Writings of Ben Okri Transcending the Local and the Nationall past. The severing of this past coincides with the author’s own migration to London where, confronted with the image of his own difference, he initiThe Writings of Ben Okri Transcending the Local and the National
ates a reconceptualisation of his creative practice that redirects him back to his African heritage. While a Yoruba resourcebase forms the kernel of t1IntroductionThe Writings of Ben Okri: Transcending the Local and the National2The Writings of Ben OkriBlurbWhile African Literature Studies show a te The Writings of Ben Okri Transcending the Local and the Nationalriticism and Anthropological Studies, this comprehensive study situates Ben Okri’s literary oeuvre within a globalised African consciousness that embraces all humanity.Maurice O’Connor was bom in Dublin and is currently associate professor at the University of Cadiz, Spain where he read his Ph.D. on The Writings of Ben Okri Transcending the Local and the National Ben Okri. His research interests are centred around Anglophone African and Indian literatures.3IntroductionA Translated Man:Ben Okri’s Literary JournThe Writings of Ben Okri Transcending the Local and the National
ey4The Writings of Ben Okri5IntroductionContentsAbbreviations6Preface7Acknowledgements101Writing Nigeria92Creating in Isolation233A Revisited Landscap1IntroductionThe Writings of Ben Okri: Transcending the Local and the National2The Writings of Ben OkriBlurbWhile African Literature Studies show a te The Writings of Ben Okri Transcending the Local and the Nationalomenology of Sound11510Translating Africa in London1356The Writings of Ben OkriAbbreviationsFASF/owers and Shadows1IntroductionThe Writings of Ben Okri: Transcending the Local and the National2The Writings of Ben OkriBlurbWhile African Literature Studies show a teGọi ngay
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