Nigerian Authors and the Me-Generation: New Shades of Black, 1st Edition

.Nigerian Authors and the Me-Generation: New Shades of Black explores African literary issues and focuses on Nigerian generations throughout history. It also underscores women authors?�? relatively unknown or dispersed role and their positions regarding Western feminism. Concurrently, the book acknowledges the emergence of a current Generation called the Me-Generation, dealing with erstwhile taboo themes and genre experimentation. Three contemporary novels are singled out and analysed: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, A Small Silence by Jumoke Verissimo and Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi. They deal with the trope of blackness as humour and satire, as a healing space and as Igbo spiritual cosmovision, which contests Western givens. This book can become a reference for those interested in African literature and, particularly, Nigerian literature. Concurrently, it can be a starting point to enrich the debate on African literature.Nigerian Authors and the Me-Generation: New Shades of Black 1st Edition is written by Eugenia Ossana and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Nigerian Authors and the Me-Generation are 9781040313954, 1040313957 and the print ISBNs are 9781032872957, 1032872950. Additional ISBNs include 9781040313923, 9781003545316.