Strategic transformations in Nigerian writing : orality & history in the work of Rev. Samuel Johnson, Amos Tutuola, Wole Soyinka & Ben Okri /

Quayson, Ato.

Strategic transformations in Nigerian writing : orality & history in the work of Rev. Samuel Johnson, Amos Tutuola, Wole Soyinka & Ben Okri / Ato Quayson. - Oxford : Bloomington : J. Currey ; Indiana University Press, 1997. - x, 180 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-176) and index.

0852555431 (J. Currey : pbk.) 085255544X (J. Currey : cloth) 0253333431 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253211484 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Soyinka, Wole--Knowledge--Folklore.
Tutuola, Amos--Knowledge--Folklore.
Okri, Ben--Knowledge--Folklore.
Johnson, Samuel, -1901.


Nigerian literature (English)--History and criticism.
Literature and folklore--History.--Nigeria
Literature and history--History.--Nigeria
Yoruba (African people)--Historiography.
Oral tradition--Nigeria.


Nigeria--Historiography.

PR9387 / .Q39 1997

820.9/9669