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Learning Calabar : notes from a poet's year in Nigeria
- Title
- Learning Calabar : notes from a poet's year in Nigeria / Anne McCrary Sullivan.
- Author
- Sullivan, Anne McCrary
- Publication
- New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2022]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 22-1154 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- x, 113 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book represents a close engagement with vulnerable populations in the city of Calabar in southeastern Nigeria. Following the traditions of Clifford Geertz' thick description, Elliot Eisner's arts-based research, and Laurel Richardson's poetic inquiry, Learning Calabar weaves prose and poetry in a hybrid form that evokes the everyday lives of gate keepers, grounds keepers, taxi drivers, cooks, and children with whom the author interacted during a Fulbright year. From the stance of a participant-observer, it traces her learning of history and the evolution of her understanding as she lived, along with her neighbors, in the chaos of governmental failure, extended power outages and dysfunctional systems, aware that her privilege offered protections not afforded to her neighbors. This work opens doors to a long sweep of Nigerian history, while keeping a laser eye on people living now in the aftermath of that history, which is both culturally rich and politically torn. Written from the viewpoint of a learner, this book will be of interest to learners of West African history, cultural anthropology, ethnography, women's studies, cross cultural studies, and poetic inquiry. Its vibrant voice and poetic renderings also make it accessible and engaging for general audiences"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- My finger inquires of the map-where? -- Learning Calabar I -- Day begins in Calabar -- Order and disorder -- The slave museum -- Chaos and poetry -- Nigerian dresses -- Geography test -- Nigeria -- The Calabar acrostics -- Learning Calabar II -- Effiong and Mary Slessor -- Interlude : Oron -- Creek Town soon -- Margaret Ekpo -- Creek Town -- Return -- Carter's grove -- Still learning -- The Ekorinim suite -- How to take a cold bath -- Harvest -- The walls of Calabar -- Roosters -- Laundry -- A place called Biafra -- Everything depends on -- Mary making moi moi -- Everything depends -- The children of Ekorinim -- Mary Okoi's garden.
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-1154
- ISBN
- 9781433193804
- 1433193809
- LCCN
- 2021051294
- OCLC
- 1293985640
- Author
- Sullivan, Anne McCrary, author.
- Title
- Learning Calabar : notes from a poet's year in Nigeria / Anne McCrary Sullivan.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-1154