The Extinction of Menai

The Extinction of Menai
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Publisher : Ohio University Press
Total Pages : 486
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ISBN-10 : 9780821446201
ISBN-13 : 0821446207
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Book Synopsis The Extinction of Menai by : Chuma Nwokolo

Download or read book The Extinction of Menai written by Chuma Nwokolo and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1980s, a pharmaceutical company administers an unethical drug trial to residents of the Niger Delta village of Kreektown. When children die as a result of the trial, the dominoes of language extinction and cultural collapse begin to topple. Decades later the end looms for the Menai people. Continents-apart twin brothers separated at birth, an excommunicated daughter living an urbane life with her doctor husband, and an infamous vigilante are among the indelible characters whose lives are shaped by this collective tragedy. Not least of these is the spiritual leader Mata Nimito, who retraces his people’s ancient migration on his quest to preserve the soul of the Menai and resolve the consequences of a centuries-old betrayal. In The Extinction of Menai, Chuma Nwokolo moves across time and continents to deliver a story that speaks to urgent contemporary concerns. He confronts power relations between large corporations and small communities, corporate lobbies and governments, and big pharma and consumers, all expressed through the competing narratives that record the life and death of a civilization.In a novel of stunning scope, Chuma Nwokolo moves across time and place to deliver a story that speaks to urgent contemporary concerns. His characters’ indelible voices offer perspectives that are simultaneously global, political, and intimately human.


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