What is it about?
A review of Rebecca Jones' Crossroads: Nigerian Travel and Literary Culture in Yoruba and English.She bridges a gap in the academic literature with her brilliant and thoroughly researched work. She focuses on travel writing of all genres created in the Yoruba-speaking region of southwest Nigeria, taking into account texts that are both products of globalised travel writing traditions and Nigerian print culture.
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Why is it important?
It significantly contributes to the world of literary genres, especially travel writing. Jones discusses a number of topics that represent the evolution of Nigerian literature, including pre-colonial Nigeria, the 1914 amalgamation, colonial Lagos, Southwest culture in comparison to other ethnoregions, nation-building, independence struggle, and postcolonial Nigeria. The civil war and the post-civil war political complexities are emphasised. She also discusses how Nigerian literature has been influenced by Western writing.This adds great value to literary research.
Perspectives
While every researcher aspires to make an important discovery, Jones has undoubtedly opened people's eyes to what appears to be unpopular in the literary world and aims to develop.
Dr. Adesanya M. Alabi
Ostim Technical University,Ankara
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This page is a summary of: Rebecca Jones At the Crossroads: Nigerian Travel and Literary Culture in Yoruba and English, Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2019, 312 pp. ISBN 978-1787-4459-18, £60., African Research & Documentation, January 2021, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0305862x00024602.
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