The Pan-African nation
Subtitle: oil and the spectacle of culture in Nigeria
By: Andrew Apter.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Description: In 1977, in the heady days following oil discoveries in the Niger Delta, Nigeria hosted the Second Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture. Andrew Apter tells the full story of this cultural extravaganza and considers the event as symbolic of Nigeria's bid to become the premier state in Africa.