Nigeria: the prophecy of a madman

Authors

  • Giovanni Garcia Mannarino Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22481/odeere.v0i1.1548

Abstract

This work briefly presents the debut novel by Igbo / Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma, Os Pescadores. We will see how international criticism is comparing it with Chinua Achebe, author of O Mundo se Desaça. After that, we will briefly present the work showing the parallel that the author makes with the foundation of Nigeria. Finally, we will explore the ideas of the nation as imagined communities, a model incorporated by Africans through contact with the colonizers.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

ANDERSON, Benedict. Comunidades imaginadas: reflexões sobre a origem e a difusão do nacionalismo. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2008.

BETT, Alain. Chigozie Obioma: A wake-up call to Nigeria. Edinburgh: The Skinny,2015.Disponível em:< http://www.theskinny.co.uk/books/features/

chigozie-obioma-interview-booker-prize>. Acesso em: 08 jun. 2016.

CHATTERJEE, Partha. Comunidades imaginadas por quem?. In: BALAKRISHNAN, Gopal (Org.). Um mapa da questão Nacional. Rio de Janeiro: Contraponto,2000. P. 227-238.

EMBAIXADA DA NIGÉRIA, A Nigéria em Resumo. Disponível em: < http://nigerianembassy-brazil.org/Portugues/NigerResumo/

nigeresumo.htm#> . Acesso em: 27 Jun. 2016.

HAMPATÉ BÂ, Hamadou. Amkoullel:o menino fula. São Paulo: Palas Athena, 2013.

HERNANDEZ, Leila Leite. A África na sala de aula: visita à história contemporânea. 4.ed. São Paulo: Selo Negro, 2008.

OBIOMA, Chigozie. Of Animal Metaphors and the British Legacy: An Interview with Chigozie Obioma. [09/04/2015]. Ann Arbor: Michigan Quaterly Rewiew. Entrevista concedida a Nathan Go. Disponível em: <http://www.michiganquarterlyreview.com/2015/04/of-animal-metaphors-and-the-british-legacy-an-interview-with-chigozie-obioma/>. Acesso em: 08 jun. 2016.

OBIOMA, Chigozie. Os Pescadores. São Paulo: Globo Livros, 2016.

ROCCO, Fiammetta. ‘The Fishermen,’ by Chigozie Obioma. New York: The New York Times. Disponível em:< http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/books/

review/the-fishermen-by-chigozie-obioma.html?_r=2>. Acesso em: 08 jun. 2016.

Downloads

Published

2016-08-09

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016): Africas and cultures: sociability and politics on the African continent

Section

REVIEW

License

Copyright (c) 2021 ODEERE

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

You are free to:

Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format; Adapt - remix, transform, and build from the material for any purpose, even commercially. This license is acceptable for Free Cultural Works. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the terms of the license.

Under the following terms:

Attribution - You must appropriately give credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if any changes have been made. You may do so in any reasonable way, but not in a way that suggests that you or your use is endorsed by the licensor.

There are no additional restrictions - You cannot apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others to make any use permitted by the license.

Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC