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The Cassava Ghost (A Play in Three Acts)

Benin City (Nigeria): Ethiope Publishing Corporation, 1973. First Edition. 12mo. Printed card wrappers; 147pp. Mild external wear, with some pinpoint rubbing at wrapper edges; Near Fine.

Revolutionary play based on the Aba riot of 1929, dealing with "a women's revolt in the mythical city of Nagase in which a colonial power is overthrown [...] the author's progressive intention is weakened by [his] essentially romantic conception of leadership and of revolutionary action..." ( Gérard, European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa II, p. 789).

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