{"product_id":"the-forgers-tale-the-search-for-odeziaku-paperback","title":"The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephanie Newell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1905 and 1939 a conspicuously tall white man with a shock of red hair, dressed in a silk shirt and white linen trousers, could be seen on the streets of Onitsha, in Eastern Nigeria. How was it possible for an unconventional, boy-loving Englishman to gain a social status among the local populace enjoyed by few other Europeans in colonial West Africa?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku\u003c\/i\u003e Stephanie Newell charts the story of the English novelist and poet John Moray Stuart-Young (1881-1939) as he traveled from the slums of Manchester to West Africa in order to escape the homophobic prejudices of late-Victorian society. Leaving behind a criminal record for forgery and embezzlement and his notoriety as a \"spirit rapper,\" Stuart-Young found a new identity as a wealthy palm oil trader and a celebrated author, known to Nigerians as \"Odeziaku.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating biographical account, Newell draws on queer theory, African gender debates, and \"new imperial history\" to open up a wider study of imperialism, (homo)sexuality, and nonelite culture between the 1880s and the late 1930s. \u003ci\u003eThe Forger's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e pays close attention to different forms of West African cultural production in the colonial period and to public debates about sexuality and ethics, as well as to movements in mainstream English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie Newell\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at the University of Sussex, UK, and the author of \u003ci\u003eWest African Literature: Ways of Reading\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Culture in Colonial Ghana\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGhanaian Popular Fiction: How to Play the Game of Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.98 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47293133258937,"sku":"9780821417102","price":80.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/odEgMrohqC9780821417102.webp?v=1779835859","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/the-forgers-tale-the-search-for-odeziaku-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}