EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON AKINWUMI ISOLA
ISBN: 9781592216093
$39.95
This book provides debates and representations of society to be found in the works of Akínwùmi Ìsòlá, one of the leading contemporary writers in African-language. His numerous creative works have received national and international attention, and many of them have been translated into other languages and adapted as scripts and texts for plays and films. His imagination, vision, and craft distinguish him as a creative writer of the very first rank and one of the few literary scholars that Nigeria has produced. This book presents a systematic account of the writers life history and a detailed analysis of his style of writing, use of language, and ideological positions.