Nigerian Speculative Fiction - The Evolution

This book is an exciting addition to a gap in non-Western genre studies of African fiction. It challenges the dominant canonicity of African literature, overshadowed by texts concerned with the colonial discourse while exploring speculative themes in Nigerian fiction and writings that stem from an African cosmology and culture.

List of contents

Part One - Strictures and Constraints 1. The Evolution of African SF: Contemporary Debates 2. The Canon of Nigerian Literature from the 1960s and the place of Nigerian SF 3. Voices Left Behind: Exploring the Pre-existing Nigerian SF Tradition before the Makerere Conference Part Two - Possibilities of Emergency 4. Aliens as an archetype of estrangement and the double heritage of emerging Nigerian SF 5. Capitalism and the politics of love: mutual interdependence as the onto-ethical revisions within Nigerian SF Conclusion

About the author

Chukwunonso Ezeiyoke's PhD is from Manchester Metropolitan University. His research focuses on the impact of postcolonial theory on the evolution of African SF. His recent publications include a collection of his short stories, Haunted Grave and Other Stories.

Summary

This book is an exciting addition to a gap in non-Western genre studies of African fiction. It challenges the dominant canonicity of African literature, overshadowed by texts concerned with the colonial discourse while exploring speculative themes in Nigerian fiction and writings that stem from an African cosmology and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Chukwunonso Ezeiyoke
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032955551
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3295555-1
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Studies in Global Genre Fiction
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, Regional Studies, Literary studies: general, Regional / International studies