Literature and international politics: Some paradigmatic observations on Nigeria and Africa
In: Nigerian journal of international affairs, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 118-141
ISSN: 0331-3646
This article is hinged on literature as a paradigm of international politics from a Nigerian perspective. It shows the strong connections between how literature as a shaper of perceptions about people and nations ultimately influences international relations. Zeroing in on the works of Nigerian writers, it analyses the ways in which their plays, novels, poems and critical essays portray and project Nigeria to the world, especially in political terms. In conclusion, it is posited that the relationship between writers, the nation, the state and politics is indispensable for a co-ordinated paradigm of Nigeria's foreign policy. (NJIA - Nigerian Inst Int Aff/DÜI)