This book provides the first comprehensive survey and collection of Nigerian diaspora
literature offering readings of novelists such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Sefi Atta Helon
Habila Helen Oyeyemi Taiye Selasi Chika Unigwe Chris Abani and Ike Oguine. As members of
the new African diaspora their literature captures experiences of recent Nigerian migration to
the United States and the United Kingdom. Examining representative novels such as Adichie's
Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah Habila's Waiting for an Angel Abani's GraceLand and
Oyeyemi's The Icarus Girl the book discusses these novels' literary and narrative methods and
provides detailed analyses of two of the most common themes: depictions of migratory
experiences and representations of Nigeria. Placing the novels in their relevant historical
sociological philosophical and theoretical contexts Narrating the New African Diaspora
presents an insightful study of current anglophone Nigerian narrative literature.
