Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria

by Wendy Griswold

Greed, frustrated love, traffic jams, infertility, politics, polygamy. These--together with depictions of traditional village life and the impact of colonialism made familiar to Western readers through Chinua Achebe's writing--are the stuff of Nigerian fiction. Bearing Witness examines this varied content and the determined people who, against all odds, write, publish, sell, and read novels in Africa's most populous nation.

Drawing on interviews...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691058296
• ISBN13: 9780691058290
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"