LEADER 02963nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910816577103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a94-012-0410-1 010 $a1-4294-8140-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000475322 035 $a(EBL)556834 035 $a(OCoLC)714567435 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000213611 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12042805 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213611 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10151444 035 $a(PQKB)10740958 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC556834 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL556834 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10380475 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000475322 100 $a20070514d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aOf minstrelsy and masks $ethe legacy of Ezenwa-Ohaeto in Nigerian writing /$fedited by Christine Matzke, Aderemi Raji-Oyelade, Geoffrey V. Davis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aNew York $cRodopi$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (383 p.) 225 1 $aMatatu ;$vno. 33 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-420-2168-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTABLE 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 Contributors 330 $aThis collection is dedicated to a distinguished scholar and writer who for a quarter of a century wrote consistently on African literature and the arts and was a major voice in Nigerian literary circles. Ezenwa-Ohaeto made a mark in contemporary Nigerian poetry by committing pidgin to written form and, by so doing, introducing different creative patterns. He also saw himself as a 'minstrel', as someone who wanted to read, express and enact his work before an audience. First and foremost, however, Ezenwa-Ohaeto was someone who 'un-masked' ideas and meanings hidden in the folds of literary works 410 0$aMatatu ;$vno. 33. 606 $aCritics$zNigeria$vBiography 606 $aNigerian literature (English)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPoets, Nigerian$y20th century$vBiography 615 0$aCritics 615 0$aNigerian literature (English)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPoets, Nigerian 676 $a820.809669 701 $aDavis$b Geoffrey V.$f1943-$0199647 701 $aEzenwa-Ohaeto$f1958-2005.$01148945 701 $aMatzke$b Christine$01598527 701 $aRaji$b Remi$f1961-$01598528 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816577103321 996 $aOf minstrelsy and masks$93920813 997 $aUNINA