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| ISBN | 978-1-63902-618-0 |
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| Author | Tunji Bakare |
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| Number of pages | 69 |
THE MAN WHO WAS A LIE
Pas de deux; a dance for two people. This has always been the focus of the African story-teller, where a dance is recreated between the artist and the audience. Art in Africa derives its meaning from social relevance. The stories in this collection are products of shrewd perceptions of experiences in the modern Nigerian society. […]
ISBN: 978-1-63902-618-0
€27.99
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Pas de deux; a dance for two people. This has always been the focus of the African story-teller, where a dance is recreated between the artist and the audience. Art in Africa derives its meaning from social relevance. The stories in this collection are products of shrewd perceptions of experiences in the modern Nigerian society. They come in forms of abstruse and direct commentaries on politics, sociology and norms. The man who was a lie is a portrait of military intervention in African politics, marking the difference between intention and reality. Not I is an indictment on the ruled, hanging the blame of failure on general greed and lethargy. Man’s inhumanity to man, bigotry, deception and insecurity form the basis of stories like A cry of the Faithfuls, The man from Nazareth, Love and the hunchback, Angel and others. Probing human nature through existential fear and threats could be found in In the shadows of darkness, In the mud, Am I mad?, Twilight, Two little birds, and The unborn, while stories like A pebble in the sea and Moonglow dwell on love and failure, appearance and reality.
