{"product_id":"postcolonial-modernism-art-and-decolonization-in-twentieth-century-nigeria-paperback","title":"Postcolonial Modernism: Art and Decolonization in Twentieth-Century Nigeria - 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\u003eChika Okeke-Agulu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by one of the foremost scholars of African art and featuring 129 color images, \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the emergence of artistic modernism in Nigeria in the heady years surrounding political independence in 1960, before the outbreak of civil war in 1967. Chika Okeke-Agulu traces the artistic, intellectual, and critical networks in several Nigerian cities. Zaria is particularly important, because it was there, at the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, that a group of students formed the Art Society and inaugurated postcolonial modernism in Nigeria. As Okeke-Agulu explains, their works show both a deep connection with local artistic traditions and the stylistic sophistication that we have come to associate with twentieth-century modernist practices. He explores how these young Nigerian artists were inspired by the rhetoric and ideologies of decolonization and nationalism in the early- and mid-twentieth century and, later, by advocates of negritude and pan-Africanism. They translated the experiences of decolonization into a distinctive \"postcolonial modernism\" that has continued to inform the work of major Nigerian artists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChika Okeke-Agulu is an artist, curator, and Associate Professor in the Department of Art \u0026amp; Archaeology and the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University. He is a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eContemporary African Art since 1980\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor (with Okwui Enwezor and Salah M. Hassan) of \u003ci\u003eNka: Journal of Contemporary African Art\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 10 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464545288445,"sku":"9780822357469","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/mrekUqryjG9780822357469.webp?v=1777261414","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/postcolonial-modernism-art-and-decolonization-in-twentieth-century-nigeria-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}