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Petro-magic-realism

Toward a political ecology of Nigerian literature

Bibliographic Data

ID4465636
AuthorsJennifer Wenzel
Year2006
Volume9
Issue4
Pages449-464
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePostcolonial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-8790 • E-ISSN: 1466-1888
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13688790600993263
OpenAlexW2015133892
LanguageEN
Citations received36

The first Nigerian novel in English to make a splash on the Anglo-American literary scene was not Chinua Achebe's landmark Things Fall Apart (1958), but instead Amos Tutuola's The Palm-Wine Drinkar

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Citations per year2,4
Citation span2011 - 2026 (16)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 35

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