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America Discovery and exploration English America Discovery and exploration Spanish Authors, Nigerian 20th century Biography Blues (Music) Mississippi History and criticism Blues musicians Mississippi Biography Columbus, Christopher Influence Johnson, Robert d. 1938 Nigeria Politics and government 1960- Soyinka, Wole Homes and haunts Nigeria Soyinka, Wole Political and social viewsSoyinka, Wole.
Summary: In The Open Sore of a Continent, Soyinka, whose own Nigerian passport was confiscated by General Abacha in 1994, explores the history and future of Nigeria in a compelling jeremiad that is as intense as it is provocative, learned, and wide-ranging. He deftly explains the shifting dramatic personae of Nigerian history and politics to Westerners unfamiliar with the players and the process,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.015 SALWald, Elijah.
Summary: Robert Johnson's story presents a fascinating paradox: Why did this genius of the Delta blues excite so little interest when his records were first released in the 1930s? And how did this brilliant but obscure musician come to be hailed long after his death as the most important artist in early blues and a founding father of rock 'n' roll? Elijah Wald provides the first thorough examination of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2004