Radical Essays on Nigerian Literatures

Edited by
G.G. Darah
This anthology of essays brings together original critical
comments on Nigerian literatures written in the 1970s and
1980s. It is a celebration of Nigeria's contribution to the
world's heritage of letters. The twenty-three essays explore
the fundamental role of the intelligentsia in defining and
describing the nation state in space and time. The
contributions represent some of the best and most articulate
assessments of Nigeria's literary discourses in their
pre-colonial and colonial phases. The various ideological
reflections in the essays reveal significant details about the
intellectual and imaginative processes that have gone into
the shaping of Nigeria over the centuries. The diversity of
themes examined, the historical epochs covered and the
geo-political spread of the contributors add to the uniqueness
of the volume. Chinua Achebe, J.P. Clarke, Femi Osofisan
and Kole Omotoso are among the 23 contributors included.

Published by Malthouse Press, Nigeria
North American Distribution
392 pp., 6.00" x 9.00", January 2008
Paper, $34.95,
9780232540
9789780232542

Preface here