WINNER OF THE ASAUK FAGE & OLIVER PRIZE 2016. The author meticulously contextualises the experiences of Achebe and his peers as students at Government College Umuahia and argues for a re-asseperiences of Achebe and his peers as students at Government College Umuahia and argues for a re-assessment of this influential

The first book-length study on the relationship between African literature and new media. The digital space provides a new avenue to move literature beyond the restrictions of book publishing on the continent. Arguing that writers are putting their work on cyberspace because communities are emerging from this space, and because increasing numbers of Africans use the internet as part of their day-to-day engagement with their societies and the world, Shola Adenekan explores this transformative development in Nigeria and Kenya, both significant countries in African literature and two of the...