Newell, Stephanie.

The Power to Name : A History of Anonymity in Colonial West Africa. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (295 pages) - New African Histories Series . - New African Histories Series .

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Anonymity, Pseudonymity, and the Question of Agency in Colonial West African Newspapers -- PART ONE NEWSPAPERS IN COLONIAL WEST AFRICA -- Chapter 1 The "Fourth and Only Estate" -- Chapter 2 Articulating Empire -- PART TWO CASE STUDIES FROM THE COLONIAL OFFICE -- Chapter 3 The View from Afar: The Colonial Office, Imperial Government, and Pseudonymous African Journalism -- PART THREE CASE STUDIES FROM WEST AFRICAN NEWSPAPERS -- Chapter 4 Trickster Tactics and the Question of Authorship in Newspaper Folktales -- Chapter 5 Printing Women -- Chapter 6 Nominal Ladies and "Real" Women Writers -- Conclusion "New Visibilities" -- Appendix I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson in Court -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Between the 1880s and the 1940s, the region known as British West Africa became a dynamic zone of literary creativity and textual experimentation.

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African newspapers--Africa, West--History--19th century.
African newspapers--Africa, West--History--20th century.
Anonymous writings--History--19th century.
Anonymous writings--History--20th century.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Books and reading--Africa, West--History--19th century.
Books and reading--Africa, West--History--20th century.
Africa, West--Intellectual life--19th century.
Africa, West--Intellectual life--20th century.


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