The Old Man in a State House & Other Stories

The Old Man in a State House & Other Stories
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Publisher : African Books Collective
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 9780979085871
ISBN-13 : 097908587X
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Book Synopsis The Old Man in a State House & Other Stories by : Tanure Ojaide

Download or read book The Old Man in a State House & Other Stories written by Tanure Ojaide and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2012 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Man in a State House and Other Stories is a literary canvas which captures the restless matrix that is today's Africa: the corruptive influence of a corrosive oil economy, environmental degradation, wealth and hubris, love and more. Tanure Ojaide has published sixteen collections of poetry, a memoir, three novels, two short story collections and scholarly works. He has numerous literary prizes and is currently the Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.


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