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Everything Good Will Come is a coming-of-age novel by Nigerian author Sefi Atta about a girl growing into a woman in postcolonial Nigeria and England.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Biafra, Bildungsroman, Gaming the system, Hausa people, Igbo people, Interlink Publishing, Lagos, Manipulation (psychology), New Internationalist, Nigeria, Nigerian Civil War, Postcolonial literature, Sefi Atta, The Three Musketeers, Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, Yoruba people.

  2. 2005 Nigerian novels
  3. Bildungsromans
  4. Novels set in Lagos

Biafra

Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970.

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Bildungsroman

In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (plural Bildungsromane) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood (coming of age), in which character change is important. Everything Good Will Come and Bildungsroman are Bildungsromans.

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Gaming the system

Gaming the system (also rigging, abusing, cheating, milking, playing, working, breaking the system, gaming, or bending the rules) can be defined as using the rules and procedures meant to protect a system to, instead, manipulate the system for a desired outcome.

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Hausa people

The Hausa (autonyms for singular: Bahaushe (m), Bahaushiya (f); plural: Hausawa and general: Hausa; exonyms: Ausa; Ajami: مُتَنٜىٰنْ هَوْسَا / هَوْسَاوَا) are a native ethnic group in West Africa.

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Igbo people

The Igbo people (also spelled Ibo" and historically also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, / / Eboans, Heebo; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group in Nigeria.

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Interlink Publishing is an independent publishing house, founded in 1987 and based in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.

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Lagos

Lagos (also US), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.

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Manipulation (psychology)

In psychology, manipulation is defined as subterfuge designed to influence or control another, usually in an underhanded manner which facilitates one's personal aims.

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New Internationalist

New Internationalist (NI) is an international publisher and left-wing magazine based in Oxford, England, owned by a multi-stakeholder co-operative and run day to day as a worker-run co-operative with a non-hierarchical structure.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Nigerian Civil War

The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence from Nigeria in 1967. Nigeria was led by General Yakubu Gowon, and Biafra by Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu Ojukwu.

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Postcolonial literature

Postcolonial literature is the literature by people from formerly colonized countries, originating from all continents except Antarctica.

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Sefi Atta

Sefi Atta (born January 1964) is a Nigerian-American novelist, short-story writer, playwright and screenwriter.

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The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas.

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Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa

Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa is a pan-African writing prize awarded biennially, official website.

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Yoruba people

The Yoruba people (Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group who mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.

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See also

2005 Nigerian novels

Bildungsromans

Novels set in Lagos

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Good_Will_Come