Postcolonial Mythology and Ethnic Self-Canonization in Biafran Fiction and Activism
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-92788-1 (ISBN)
Postcolonial Mythology and Ethnic Self-Canonization in Biafran Fiction and Activism explores the ways in which communities that have been marginalized in colonial discourses attempt to reconstruct their identities, histories, and narratives through the use of postcolonial myths. The deconstruction of stereotypes and creation of self-referential myths often play a crucial role in empowering marginalised communities to reassert their cultural identity and reclaim their cultural symbols with narratives of counter-history. Relying on the experience of the Igbo and the Nigeria-Biafra War event, the book demonstrates how ethnic groups in Africa articulate their resistance against subalternity. Through literary, historical, and archival analyses, it offers an unbiased reading of postcolonial mythologies and counter-mythologies in Biafran literature and activism and how they contribute to a broader understanding of colonialism, ethnic-minoritization and ethnic self-canonization. With its robust analysis, the book sets new benchmarks for scholars, researchers, teachers and students in humanities and social sciences, especially literature, history, political science and anthropology for re-reading ethnicity and rethinking the timeless value of inter-ethnic communication.
Abba Abba is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Publishing Studies at the Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria. His research has been devoted to the intersections of literature, history, environment, publishing and resistance studies. He has won fellowships from the British Academy, the ACLS-African Humanities Programme and the DAAD, as well as the Nigeria-LNG Prize and the ANA Prizes for Literary Criticism. He is the author of The Ugly Queen, The Lunatic on the Throne and The Blood Price. Abba was previously the Head of the Department of English at Edwin Clark University, Nigeria. He received his MA and PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Myths Colonial History and Ethnic Selfcanonization.- Chapter 3: From Colonial to Postcolonial Mythologies: Influence on Igbo Ethnic Identity.- Chapter 4: Heinemanns AWS Archive and the Politics of Publishing Biafra.- Chapter 5: Ethnic Stereotypes in Nigeria Biafra War Fiction.- Chapter 6: Activism Counter Mythology and Ethnic SelfCanonization.- Chapter 7: Bridging the Gulf.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | African Histories and Modernities |
| Zusatzinfo | XIV, 222 p. 1 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Schlagworte | African cultural identity • Biafran activism • Biafran resistance • ethnic minoritization • ethnic mistrust • Ethnic self-canonization • ethnic stereotypes • Literature and Postcolonial Studies • myths in African literature • Nigeria-Biafra War • postcolonial mythology • Postwar Reconciliation • publishing Biafra |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-92788-5 / 3031927885 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-92788-1 / 9783031927881 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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