Related
Links
Book Reviews
- The Complete Review
Includes reviews of approximately 20 Onitsha pamphlets, with assessments provided by the Complete Review editorial staff, as well as brief information about the authors and links to related online sources.
Library Collections
- Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CAMP)
A checklist of 78 Onitsha pamphlets available on microfilm from the Cooperative Africana Microform Project. The collection is available on loan to borrowers from libraries holding membership in CAMP or the Center for Research Libraries.
- Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Onitsha Market Literature
Collection.
Includes several cover illustrations, a list of the pamphlets in the IU collection, and a bibliography of secondary sources. The site was mounted by Marion Frank-Wilson, Librarian for African Studies at Indiana University.
Notes on Book Collectors
- “High Life and Mad English” /
by John Strausbaugh.
A review of the career of Kurt Thometz, a New York-based book dealer who was noted for his collection of Onitsha market literature.
- “Bill French and Onitsha Market Literature” /
by Kurt Thometz
Article on the book collecting career of Bill French of University Place Bookshop in Greenwich Village, who was noted for his collection of Onitsha market literature.
Online Publications about Onitsha Market Literature and Authors
- Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter, Issue 29, Dec. 2001
Article by Charles Larson on the writing career of Cyprian Ekwensi, describing his successful transition from a writer of Onitsha market pamphlets to a more mainstream audience.
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“From Onitsha Market Literature to General Trade Book Publishing
in Nigeria.” / by Innocent O. Ikoro.
A conference article mounted by the Southern African Book Development Trust (SABNET)
Teaching Module
- American Historical Association Project on Teaching and Learning
in the Digital Age.
A site with models on how to use digitized primary sources for teaching of historical survey courses. Includes a unit on Igbo Market Literature, with an excerpt taken from Veronica My Daughter / by Ogali A. Ogali reproduced online.
