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Nigeria – państwo kruche czy upadłe? Dyskurs katastroficzny w Rybakach Chigozie Obiomy

2021, 65, No. 1

Błażej Popławski

0000-0001-5171-8192

Polskie Towarzystwo Afrykanistyczne

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Polskie Towarzystwo Afrykanistyczne, Wydział Historyczny

DOI

10.31338/2657-599X.ph.2021-1.2

Publication date

11.06.2021

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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arts and humanities

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philosophy, history, archeology, linguistics, literary studies, culture and religion studies, arts studies, polish studies

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Polish

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Abstract

The article aims to characterize the multidimensional crisis of Nigeria on the basis of the novel Fishermen written by Chigozie Obioma. Obioma, a representative of the third generation of Nigerian writers, constructs a narrative around a selffulfilling prophecy about the annihilation of interpersonal relations, as well as the macrosocial, the political, and ecological crisis in West Africa. Finally, the ethnic and political views of Obioma in the context of the collapse of statehood in Africa are characterized.

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