Stephanie Newell: 2 books
The Forger’s Tale
The Search for Odeziaku
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
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...
The Power to Name
A History of Anonymity in Colonial West Africa
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Between the 1880s and the 1940s, the region known as British West Africa became a dynamic zone of literary creativity and textual experimentation. African-owned newspapers offered local writers numerous opportunities to contribute material for publication, and editors repeatedly defined the press...