Print Culture and the First Yoruba Novel: I.B. Thomas's 'Life Story of Me, Segilola' and Other Texts

by Karin Barber

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First appearing as a series of letters to a local newspaper, "The Life Story of Me, Segilola" caused a sensation in Lagos in the late 1920s. The lifelike autobiography of a repentant courtesan, it regaled the reader with risqu? escapades, pious moralising and vivid evocations of urban popular culture. The narrative and the commentary that sprang up around it in the Yoruba press offer a unique view of life in colonial Lagos. Today it is recognised...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:9004229159

ISBN13:9789004229150

Release Date:May 2012

Publisher:Brill

Length:440 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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