03049nam 2200661 a 450 991078206070332120230829000029.00-8214-4230-9(CKB)1000000000522473(EBL)1762859(OCoLC)191949842(SSID)ssj0000279576(PQKBManifestationID)11210831(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279576(PQKBWorkID)10267969(PQKB)10373942(MiAaPQ)EBC1762859(MdBmJHUP)muse9410(Au-PeEL)EBL1762859(CaPaEBR)ebr10170554(EXLCZ)99100000000052247320060627d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe forger's tale[electronic resource] the search for Odeziaku /Stephanie NewellAthens Ohio University Pressc20061 online resource (245 p.)New African histories seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-1710-X 0-8214-1709-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and index.Forging ahead: the secret gentleman of Ardwick Green -- The palm oil trader's view -- Fragments of Oscar Wilde in colonial Nigeria -- "Uranian" love in West Africa -- The politics of naming : Igbo perspectives on Stuart-Young -- The strange toleration of Stuart-Young in the African-owned press of Nigeria -- A class apart : "Johnny Jones" of Back Kay Street -- The production of a poet : Stuart-Young's verse and its readers. Between 1905 and 1939 a conspicuously tall white man with a shock of red hair, dressed in a silk shirt and white linen trousers, could be seen on the streets of Onitsha, in Eastern Nigeria. How was it possible for an unconventional, boy-loving Englishman to gain a social status among the local populace enjoyed by few other Europeans in colonial West Africa? In The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku Stephanie Newell charts the story of the English novelist and poet John Moray Stuart-Young (1881-1939) as he traveled from the slums of Manchester to West Africa in order to escape the homoNew African histories series.Authors, English20th centuryBiographyGay authorsGreat BritainBiographyGay menGreat BritainIdentityGay menAfricaIdentityForgersGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainColoniesAfricaHistory20th centuryAuthors, EnglishGay authorsGay menIdentity.Gay menIdentity.Forgers828/.91209Newell Stephanie1968-662470MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782060703321The forger's tale3747042UNINA