Ben Okri’s The Famished Road: A re-evaluation
This paper assesses positively the important contributions which Ato Quayson and Douglas McCabe have made to the understanding of Ben Okri’s The Famished Road. But it questions whether placing the novel firmly in the context of Yoruba orality, as Quayson does, or in the tradition of New Age spiritua...
Main Author: | Ben Obumselu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association
2017-05-01
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Series: | Tydskrif vir Letterkunde |
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Online Access: | https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/2334 |
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