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Challenges to a new generation of Nigerian writers in English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2006

Kehinde A. Ayoola
Kehinde A. Ayoola
Affiliation:
Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria E-mail: [email protected].
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Abstract

THIS PAPER recounts the challenges faced by young Nigerian writers in a climate that is hostile to new authors. The experience presented and discussed here epitomises both the dilemma and the experiences of the new generation of creative writers. The problem of language choice – English or a mother tongue – is re-examined, while exploring the various reasons, noble and not so noble, behind such matters as: choice of genre, the new writer’s response to democracy and globalization, the problem of audience recognition, and the failure of do-it-yourself publishing and marketing.

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Information
English Today , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 3 - 9
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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