02971nam 2200625Ia 450 991077815700332120230829000855.094-012-0410-11-4294-8140-4(CKB)1000000000475322(EBL)556834(OCoLC)714567435(SSID)ssj0000213611(PQKBManifestationID)12042805(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213611(PQKBWorkID)10151444(PQKB)10740958(MiAaPQ)EBC556834(Au-PeEL)EBL556834(CaPaEBR)ebr10380475(EXLCZ)99100000000047532220070514d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOf minstrelsy and masks[electronic resource] the legacy of Ezenwa-Ohaeto in Nigerian writing /edited by Christine Matzke, Aderemi Raji-Oyelade, Geoffrey V. DavisAmsterdam ;New York Rodopi20061 online resource (383 p.)Matatu ;no. 33Description based upon print version of record.90-420-2168-3 Includes bibliographical references.TABLE OF CONTENTS; Illustrations; Frontispiece; Preface; Raising a Chant; SECTION 1: IN MEMORIAM; SECTION 2: POETRY & FICTION; SECTION 3: THE MAN, THE MINSTREL, THE MOMENT; SECTION 4: INTERVIEWS; SECTION 5: EZENWA-OHAETO: CRITICAL EVALUATIONS; SECTION 6: CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON NIGERIAN LITERATURE; APPENDIX; Notes on Contributors and Editors; Notes for ContributorsThis collection is dedicated to a distinguished scholar and writer who for a quarter of a century wrote consistently on African literature and the arts and was a major voice in Nigerian literary circles. Ezenwa-Ohaeto made a mark in contemporary Nigerian poetry by committing pidgin to written form and, by so doing, introducing different creative patterns. He also saw himself as a 'minstrel', as someone who wanted to read, express and enact his work before an audience. First and foremost, however, Ezenwa-Ohaeto was someone who 'un-masked' ideas and meanings hidden in the folds of literary worksMatatu ;no. 33.CriticsNigeriaBiographyNigerian literature (English)20th centuryHistory and criticismPoets, Nigerian20th centuryBiographyCriticsNigerian literature (English)History and criticism.Poets, Nigerian820.809669Davis Geoffrey V.1943-2018.199647Ezenwa-Ohaeto1958-2005.1148945Matzke Christine1566368Raji Remi1961-1566369MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778157003321Of minstrelsy and masks3836818UNINA