Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-412).
Contents:
Introduction -- Part one: Male novelists on the city. Petals of blood: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, The Famished Road: Ben Okri ; Cairo modern: Naguib Mahfouz ; People of the city: Cyprian Ekwensi ; Jagua nana: Cyprian Ekwensi ; Iska: Cyprian Ekwensi ; No longer at ease: Chinua Achebe ; A man of the people: Chinua Achebe ; A cowrie of hope: Binwell Sinyangwe ; Invisible chapters: Maik Nwosu ; Alpha song: Maik Nwosu ; The carnivorous city: Toni Kan -- Part two: Women and the city. The joys of motherhood: Buchi Emecheta ; The housemaid: Amma Darko ; Everything good will come: Sefi Atta ; Swallow: Sefi Atta -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The many ways of the city -- Bibliography.
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