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Exit of a hero : photography and the visual culture of commemoration in Southern Nigeria /

In Exit of a Hero, Okechukwu Nwafor explores the cultural, political, and socio-economic implications of photography in commemorative practices in southern Nigeria from the nineteenth century to the present. Focusing on obituary and commemorative photographs of late nineteenth and early twentieth-ce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nwafor, Okechukwu (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2026.
Series:African perspectives (University of Michigan. Press)
Subjects:
Igbo (African people) > Funeral customs and rites > History.
Igbo (African people) > Obituaries > History.
Igbo (African people) > Social life and customs.
Postmortem photography > Nigeria, Southern > History.
Death > Anthropological aspects > Nigeria, Southern.
Memorialization > Nigeria, Southern > History.
Memorial rites and ceremonies > Nigeria, Southern > History.
Ibo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies funéraires > Histoire.
Ibo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Nécrologies > Histoire.
Ibo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Photographie de morts > Nigeria (Sud) > Histoire.
Mort > Aspect anthropologique > Nigeria (Sud)
Commémorations > Nigeria (Sud) > Histoire.
Rites et cérémonies commémoratifs > Nigeria (Sud) > Histoire.

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