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- Convenors:
-
Olabode Ibironke
(Michigan State University)
James Currey (Heinemann (1967-1984))
- Stream:
- Books, writing and education
- Location:
- G60
- Start time:
- 13 September, 2006 at
Time zone: Europe/London
- Session slots:
- 1
Short Abstract:
none
Long Abstract:
This panel examines the history of contemporary literary publishing in Nigeria, starting with Mbari, which constituted one of the most vibrant publishing initiatives in Africa, focusing on the contributions of Ulli Beier, J. P. Clark, Wole Soyinka, Christopher Okigbo, among others. It also explores the intersection of the project of the African Writers Series with the Mbari enterprise, placing the work of Heinemann Educational Books in the context of all the other rival publishing which was being done- Hutchinson, Collins Fontana, Andre Deutsch, Longman and Nigerian publishing. The objective of the panel is to reflect on the larger socio-cultural impact of this history of literary production in Nigeria and how it served as a matrix and impetus for the emergence of modern African Literature.
Accepted papers:
Session 1Paper long abstract:
This paper places the work of Heinemann Educational Books in the context of rival publishing houses such as Hutchinson, Collins Fontana, Andre Deutsch, Longman and Nigerian publishing.
Paper long abstract:
This paper examines the history of one of the most vibrant publishing initiatives in Africa: Mbari, focusing on the contributions of Ulli Beier, J. P. Clark, Wole Soyinka, Christopher Okigbo, among others.
Paper long abstract:
In Nigeria, the changes brought about by Independence were soon displaced by another event, the civil war. This paper examines how Nigerian literature emerged, and was impacted, within the matrixes of these events; how writers functioned in a time of change; it poses the problem of change as a fundamental challenge in African literary production.