The Resource The power to name : a history of anonymity in colonial West Africa, Stephanie Newell
The power to name : a history of anonymity in colonial West Africa, Stephanie Newell
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- Summary
- Between the 1880s and the 1940s, the region known as British West Africa became a dynamic zone of literary creativity and textual experimentation. African-owned newspapers offered local writers numerous opportunities to contribute material for publication, and editors repeatedly defined the press as a vehicle to host public debates rather than simply as an organ to disseminate news or editorial ideology. Literate locals responded with great zeal, and in increasing numbers as the twentieth century progressed, they sent in letters, articles, fiction, and poetry for publication in English- and African-language newspapers. The Power to Name offers a rich cultural history of this phenomenon, examining the wide array of anonymous and pseudonymous writing practices to be found in African-owned newspapers between the 1880s and the 1940s, and the rise of celebrity journalism in the period of anticolonial nationalism. Stephanie Newell has produced an account of colonial West Africa that skillfully shows the ways in which colonized subjects used pseudonyms and anonymity to alter and play with colonial power and constructions of African identity --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 255 pages
- Contents
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- Printing women : the gendering of literacy
- Nominal ladies and "real" women writers : female pseudonyms and the problem of authorial identity in the cases of "Rosa" and "Marjorie Mensah"
- Conclusion. "New visibilities" : African print subjects and the birth of the (postcolonial) author
- Appendix: I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson in court
- Introduction: anonymity, pseudonymity, and the question of agency in colonial West African newspapers
- Part 1. Newspapers in colonial West Africa
- The "fourth and only estate" : defining a public sphere in colonial West Africa
- Articulating empire: newspaper networks in colonial West Africa
- Part 2. Case studies from the Colonial Office
- The view from afar : the Colonial Office, imperial government, and pseudonymous African journalism
- Part 3. Case studies from West African newspapers
- Trickster tactics and the question of authorship in newspaper folktales
- Isbn
- 9780821420324
- Label
- The power to name : a history of anonymity in colonial West Africa
- Title
- The power to name
- Title remainder
- a history of anonymity in colonial West Africa
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephanie Newell
- Subject
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- Africa, West -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- African newspapers -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century
- African newspapers -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century
- Anonymous writings -- History -- 19th century
- Anonymous writings -- History -- 20th century
- Books and reading -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century
- Books and reading -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century
- Africa, West -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Between the 1880s and the 1940s, the region known as British West Africa became a dynamic zone of literary creativity and textual experimentation. African-owned newspapers offered local writers numerous opportunities to contribute material for publication, and editors repeatedly defined the press as a vehicle to host public debates rather than simply as an organ to disseminate news or editorial ideology. Literate locals responded with great zeal, and in increasing numbers as the twentieth century progressed, they sent in letters, articles, fiction, and poetry for publication in English- and African-language newspapers. The Power to Name offers a rich cultural history of this phenomenon, examining the wide array of anonymous and pseudonymous writing practices to be found in African-owned newspapers between the 1880s and the 1940s, and the rise of celebrity journalism in the period of anticolonial nationalism. Stephanie Newell has produced an account of colonial West Africa that skillfully shows the ways in which colonized subjects used pseudonyms and anonymity to alter and play with colonial power and constructions of African identity --
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- Provided by Publisher
- Cataloging source
- IEN/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Newell, Stephanie
- Dewey number
- 079.6609
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- New African histories
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African newspapers
- African newspapers
- Anonymous writings
- Anonymous writings
- Books and reading
- Books and reading
- Africa, West
- Africa, West
- Label
- The power to name : a history of anonymity in colonial West Africa, Stephanie Newell
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
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- Printing women : the gendering of literacy
- Nominal ladies and "real" women writers : female pseudonyms and the problem of authorial identity in the cases of "Rosa" and "Marjorie Mensah"
- Conclusion. "New visibilities" : African print subjects and the birth of the (postcolonial) author
- Appendix: I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson in court
- Introduction: anonymity, pseudonymity, and the question of agency in colonial West African newspapers
- Part 1. Newspapers in colonial West Africa
- The "fourth and only estate" : defining a public sphere in colonial West Africa
- Articulating empire: newspaper networks in colonial West Africa
- Part 2. Case studies from the Colonial Office
- The view from afar : the Colonial Office, imperial government, and pseudonymous African journalism
- Part 3. Case studies from West African newspapers
- Trickster tactics and the question of authorship in newspaper folktales
- Control code
- FIEb17448906
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9780821420324
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)822025328
- Label
- The power to name : a history of anonymity in colonial West Africa, Stephanie Newell
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
-
- Printing women : the gendering of literacy
- Nominal ladies and "real" women writers : female pseudonyms and the problem of authorial identity in the cases of "Rosa" and "Marjorie Mensah"
- Conclusion. "New visibilities" : African print subjects and the birth of the (postcolonial) author
- Appendix: I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson in court
- Introduction: anonymity, pseudonymity, and the question of agency in colonial West African newspapers
- Part 1. Newspapers in colonial West Africa
- The "fourth and only estate" : defining a public sphere in colonial West Africa
- Articulating empire: newspaper networks in colonial West Africa
- Part 2. Case studies from the Colonial Office
- The view from afar : the Colonial Office, imperial government, and pseudonymous African journalism
- Part 3. Case studies from West African newspapers
- Trickster tactics and the question of authorship in newspaper folktales
- Control code
- FIEb17448906
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9780821420324
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)822025328
Subject
- Africa, West -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- African newspapers -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century
- African newspapers -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century
- Anonymous writings -- History -- 19th century
- Anonymous writings -- History -- 20th century
- Books and reading -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century
- Books and reading -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century
- Africa, West -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
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