Social Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing
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Social Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing

Literature, Philosophy, and the Nigerian World

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Social Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing

Literature, Philosophy, and the Nigerian World

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Social Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing is the first book to bring rigorous literary, philosophical, and artistic discourse together to interrogate the ethics of governance and development in postcolonial Africa. It takes literature seriously as a context for philosophical reflection, vividly engaging the human agency, creativity, and resourcefulness of local Nigerians as political and social actors and shedding new light on the dynamics of human flourishing. Drawing on important secondary scholarship across several humanities disciplines, especially literature, philosophy, and the performing arts, Nimi Wariboko provides compelling and innovative analysis of the challenges and opportunities on governance and development in postcolonial Nigerian state and society. With a detailed introductory chapter and an authoritative analysis contained in six cohesive chapters, all anchored in political and social ethics and close readings of fascinating literary and artistic works-such as A. Igoni Barrett's Blackass and the comedy skits of MC Edo Pikin-this is a landmark contribution to Nigerian cultural studies. Wariboko's practical engagement between literature and philosophy also opens up new ways of seeing literary analysis as ethical methodology, beyond the specific contexts of Nigeria or Africa.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2023
ISBN
9781501398094
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
African Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Hear Word: Literature as Philosophy
  8. 1 Theoretical Hesitations: Ibadan Brown Roofs’ Rusty Revival of Desires
  9. 2 The Black Moon on the White Surface: A Philosophical Analysis of A. Igoni Barrett’s Blackass
  10. 3 Bad Governance and Postcoloniality: Literature as Cultural Criticism
  11. 4 From Executed God to Ozidi Saga: Ethos of Ijo Democratic Republicanism
  12. 5 Comedy as Dialectics: Laughing Nigeria to Human Flourishing
  13. 6 Literature and Ethics
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
  16. Imprint