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Post 2010 Nigerian literature focuses on real life in metropolitan Nigeria and the influence of social networks on Nigerian social life. Among the younger Nigerian authors is Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, who won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the best debut novel with I Do Not Come to You by Chance in 2010. It describes the story of a young ...
Black Orpheus was "a journal of African and Afro-American literature" established in 1957 by university professor Ulli Beier. [5] It was produced in Ibadan, Nigeria, and was groundbreaking as the first African literary periodical in English, publishing poetry, art, fiction, literary criticism, and commentary. [6]
Some of these movements (such as Dada and Beat) were defined by the members themselves, while other terms (for example, the metaphysical poets) emerged decades or centuries after the periods in question. Further, some movements are well defined and distinct, while others, like expressionism, are nebulous and overlap with other definitions.
Ken Nwadiogbu (born 1994), Nigerian-born painter, and sculptor, based in London; Tony Nsofor (born 1973), painter; Nkiru Nzegwu (born 1954), painter, philosopher, author, curator, and art historian; Gani Odutokun (1946–1995), painter and illustrator; Chris Ofili (born 1968), British painter of Nigerian descent
For example, in American literature, an example of machismo comes from Tennessee Williams' character Stanley Kowalski, an egotistical brother-in-law, from A Streetcar Named Desire. In the play (and 1951 film adaptation ), Stanley epitomizes the tough, alpha-male (hyper-masculine) archetype , socially and physically dominating and imposing his ...
The men's liberation movement (MLM) is a social movement which started in the late 1960-70s. [15] [circular reference] The MLM stresses the negative portions of traditional masculinity. [reference needed] The MLM and the men's rights movement (MRM) are different. MRM addresses the unequal or unfair treatment of men.
The processes by which people create and engage with art equips them with analytic tools to understand and challenge social injustices through social justice education (teaching for social justice), community building, and social activism/social movements. [3] Examples of visual and performing social justice art includes: drawing, painting ...
Since the early 1990s, several novels have been published to mark the advent of the third generation of Nigerian writers. During this time, some Nigerian writers wrote breakaway literature writings, which were quite different from the norm; such writings include: The Famished Road (1991) by Ben Okri, The Icarus Girl (2005) by Helen Oyeyemi, GraceLand (2004) by Chris Abani and Masters of the ...