Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Umuahian Connection
- 1 Laying the Foundation: The Fisher Days, 1929–1939
- 2 ‘The Eton of The East’: William Simpson and the Umuahian Renaissance
- 3 Studying the Humanities at Government College, Umuahia
- 4 Young Political Renegades: Nationalist Undercurrents at Government College, Umuahia, 1944–1945
- 5 ‘Something New in Ourselves’: First Literary Aspirations
- 6 The Dangerous Potency of the Crossroads: Colonial Mimicry in Ike, Momah and Okigbo's Reimaginings of the Primus Inter Pares Years
- 7 An Uncertain Legacy: I.N.C. Aniebo and Ken Saro-Wiwa in the Umuahia of the 1950s
- 8 The Will to Shine as One: Affiliation and Friendship beyond the College Walls
- Works Cited
- Appendix 1 The Shining Ones: A Bibliography
- Appendix 2 List of Supplementary Material and Sources available online
- Index
Dedication
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Umuahian Connection
- 1 Laying the Foundation: The Fisher Days, 1929–1939
- 2 ‘The Eton of The East’: William Simpson and the Umuahian Renaissance
- 3 Studying the Humanities at Government College, Umuahia
- 4 Young Political Renegades: Nationalist Undercurrents at Government College, Umuahia, 1944–1945
- 5 ‘Something New in Ourselves’: First Literary Aspirations
- 6 The Dangerous Potency of the Crossroads: Colonial Mimicry in Ike, Momah and Okigbo's Reimaginings of the Primus Inter Pares Years
- 7 An Uncertain Legacy: I.N.C. Aniebo and Ken Saro-Wiwa in the Umuahia of the 1950s
- 8 The Will to Shine as One: Affiliation and Friendship beyond the College Walls
- Works Cited
- Appendix 1 The Shining Ones: A Bibliography
- Appendix 2 List of Supplementary Material and Sources available online
- Index
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- Achebe and Friends at UmuahiaThe Making of a Literary Elite, pp. v - viPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2015