Print Culture and the First Yoruba Novel I. B. Thomas's 'Life Story of Me, Segilola' and Other Texts |
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| Author:
| Barber, Karin |
| Series title: | African Sources for African History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-22915-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $140.95 |
Book Description:
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This volume presents an edition and translation of I.B. Thomas's pioneering work, "The Life-Story of Me, Segilola", first published as a series of realistic letters to a local Lagos newspaper in 1929-30, but now acclaimed as the first Yoruba novel.
This volume presents an edition and translation of I.B. Thomas's pioneering work, "The Life-Story of Me, Segilola", first published as a series of realistic letters to a local Lagos newspaper in 1929-30, but now acclaimed as the first Yoruba novel.