Chukwuemeka Ike
Subtitle: fifty years as a trailblazing novelist
By: edited by Kanchana Ugbabe
Publisher: University Press PLC
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Ibadan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9789789401185
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Nigerian fiction (English); History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Kanchana Ugbabe. Part I. 1. Greeting dynamics in Chukwuemeka Ike's The potter's wheel and The bottled leopard / Karoh Ativie; title: 2 . Similarities of thematic thrusts in The naked gods and The chicken chasers: a literary/sociological perspective / Wandama Wadinga; title: 3. Sunset at dawn: a grave warning / Reginald Chinedu Ofodile; title: 4. The conflict of cultures in Chukwuemeka Ike's The bottled leopard / Francis Mogu; title: 5. The leopard in the bottle: language and characterization in Chukwuemeka Ike's The bottled leopard / Tolu Akinwole; title: 6. Chukwuemeka Ike's detective novels and the crisis of a nation / Kayode Niyi Afolayan & Utitofon Inyang; title: 7. Interrogating identity and beliefs: a teenager's quest for self-assertion in Chukwuemeka Ike's The bottled leopard / Stephen E. Kekegbe; title: 8. Unbottling the leopard, unleashing the critic: a personal story of awakening at the crossroads / Terri Ochiagba; title: 9. The alias in Chukwuemeka Ike's The potter's wheel / Romanus Egudu; title: 10. Unmasking in the fictive art of Chukwuemeka Ike / Anacleta M. Encarnacion; title: 11. Quest for identity in Chukwuemeka Ike's Conspiracy of silence / Hope Obialunamma Ubah; title: 12. Ike's women and societal problems: an assessment of Conspiracy of silence / Gloria Ada Fwangyil; title: 13. Criticism, the environment and policy making in Nigeria / Onyebuchi James Ile. Part II. The storyteller. Section A. Preliminaries. 1. Profile of Professor Chukwuemeka Ike; title: 2. The role of the storyteller. Section B. Transforming the individual. 3. Transforming the child; title: 4. Transforming the adolescent; title: 5. Transforming the young adult. Section C. Transforming the society. 6. The cankerworm of ethnicity; title: 7. The cancer of corruption; title: 8. Transforming the nation state; title: 9. Examination malpractice; title: 10. The Nigeria/Biafra war; title: 11. University development; title: 12. The phenomenon of 'fatherlessness'; title: 13. Transformation by creating role models. Section D. Winding up. 14. Chukwuemeka Ike's contribution to the emergence of Nigerian literature. Acknowledgements; title: References; title: Abridged curriculum vitae. Section III. Tributes. Let us now praise famous men: a tribute to V.C. Ike at 70 / Chinua Achebe; title: Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike: seventy and counting / Chike Momah; title: Chukwuemeka Ike: humility and glory / Obu Udeozo; title: Achebe, Ike Momah (AIM): celebrating the Umuahia Literary Trio / Oseloka Obaze; title: Chukwuemeka Ike at sixty; title: Chukwuemeka Ike as seen by Lakshmi Kannan.