Produkt
KlappentextAlso by Mail is a modern family comedy-drama that follows the experiences of Nigerian German siblings Funke and Wale who fly to Nigeria to bury their suddenly deceased father. Their upbringing clashes with their uncle's expectations and initial misunderstandings soon come to an éclat. When Wale returns to Germany, frustrated, he is bitterly reminded of how little his father acknowledged and prepared them for racist encounters there.Loss and racism, sibling rivalry and cross-cultural etiquette, the play incorporates and subverses it's urban, neo-African elements of story-telling to give a contemporary picture of a family that struggles not only with the legacy of its patriarch but with being racialized within the German context as well. Where does each stand in a circle of relations and needs? Where does each want to end up? And who is willing to help? It takes an inside-outside job to lighten the mood and the surprise startles them all.
ZusatztextA fascinating play that delves into the Nigerian diaspora to tell a moving tale of Nigerian-German history. When Mr Ogunleye returns to Nigeria he leaves his two Afro-German children behind to cope with everyday racism without his guidance or protection. After his death the children travel to Nigeria and meet up with their father?s other family members from Lagos and London.Diverse experiences, expectations and hopes result in frustration, misunderstandings and breakdown. However, in the end it is a profound wisdom which imagines a new future for the family ? one that opens up new horizons for their diasporic experiences. Olumide Popoola presents us with another treasure of Afro-German literature in English.Susan ArndtProfessor of English Studies and Anglophone Literatures,University of Bayreuth
ZusammenfassungEin faszinierendes Theaterstück, das in den Alltag einer nigerianischen Diaspora eintaucht, um ein bewegendes Stück deutsch-nigerianischer Geschichte zu erzählen. Rassismus in Deutschland vertreibt einen Nigerianer, der zwei afrodeutsche Kinder in Deutschland zurücklässt.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-942885-38-6
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2013
Erscheinungsdatum20.02.2013
ReiheWitnessed
Reihen-Nr.2
Seiten96 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht141 g
Artikel-Nr.18965745
Rubriken
GenreRomane Taschenbuch