Chaos in the Ivory Tower: Postcolonial Representations of the Nigerian Academic Elite in Esiaba Irobi’s Cemetery Road and Ojo Rasaki Bakare’s Once Upon a Tower
This work explores Esiaba Irobi’s Cemetery Road (2009) and Ojo Rasaki Bakare’s Once Upon a Tower (2000) with a view to examining the manner in which Irobi and Bakare represent the Nigerian academic elite in the chaos that hobbles Nigerian public universities and the country in general. Th...
Main Author: | Lawal, Nurudeen Adeshina |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidad de Alicante
2020-12-01
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Series: | Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses |
Online Access: | https://raei.ua.es/article/view/2020-n33-chaos-in-the-ivory-tower-postcolonial-representations-of-the-nigerian-academic-elite-in-esiaba-irobi-s-cemetery-road-and-ojo-rasaki-bakare-s-once-upon-a-tower |
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