The Military in Nigeria's Postcolonial Literature: An Overview

The Military in Nigeria's Postcolonial Literature: An Overview

The paper is a survey of Nigeria's postcolonial literature with a view to highlighting how writers through diverse ideological persuasions and aesthetic modes have captured people's experience under military rule (from January 15, 1966 to May 29, 1999). The paper observes that the military...

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Main Author:	Adeoti, Gbemisola
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Military rule Nigeria's postcolonial literature Military governance Literary discourse Socio-political events Nigerian literature Nigerian writers Military leaders Military intervention
Online Access:	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2656
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