1st Edition
Nigerian Authors and the Me-Generation New Shades of Black
By Eugenia Ossana
Copyright 2025
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction
- Introduction to Nigerian Literature: First-, Second-, Third- and Me-Generations
- Of Ties and Lies: Aesthetic and Ethical Disruptions in My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Embracing Darkness and Silence: Alternative Tropes for Healing and Resistance in A Small Silence by Jumoke Verissimo
- Igbo Voices in Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Eugenia Ossana is currently a lecturer at the University of Zaragoza. She holds a PhD in Contemporary Nigerian Literature and an MA in Advanced English Studies in Contemporary Literature and Cinema and Secondary Education, both from the University of Zaragoza. She also has a Mass Media Production degree from the University of Córdoba in Argentina. Her main research interests include Global South and Decolonial theory, contemporary West African prose fiction, African-centred feminisms and eco-fiction, and African futurist narratives.
