Comfort Azubuko-Udah
Biographic Data
| ID | 6895349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Comfort Azubuko-Udah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Comfort |
| FAMILY NAME | Azubuko-Udah |
| SIGNATURE | AZUBUKO-UDAH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8348-9475 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Unwritten city
Abuja was created to be the centralized and thus politically “neutral” capital of Nigeria. This essay investigates how this rhetoric has shaped the city in Nigerian literature. There is a tendency to envision Abuja as a city of near-sterile orderliness with an arid landscape positioned in contrast with Lagos’ organic cosmopolitan bustle. This essay argues that the enduring narrative of Abuja as a space of narrative aridity and unwarranted ambitio…
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Unwritten city
Abuja was created to be the centralized and thus politically “neutral” capital of Nigeria. This essay investigates how this rhetoric has shaped the city in Nigerian literature. There is a tendency to envision Abuja as a city of near-sterile orderliness with an arid landscape positioned in contrast with Lagos’ organic cosmopolitan bustle. This essay argues that the enduring narrative of Abuja as a space of narrative aridity and unwarranted ambitio…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Charisma (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Literature (1 work) · Narrative (1 work)