West Africa
Nigeria
Post-colonial
English
Fiction
Okolo returns to his village seeking 'it' — an authentic integrity — and is cast out by village elders who fear his questions. A spare, haunting novel written in a style that mimics the syntax of Ijaw language.
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A formally unique work that attempted to create an African literary English based on Ijaw syntax
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editorial-summarynot primary textOkolo returns to his village seeking 'it' — an authentic integrity — and is cast out by village elders who fear his questions. A spare, haunting novel written in a style that mimics the syntax of Ijaw language. A formally unique work that attempted to create an African literary English based on Ijaw syntax
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