03146nam a2200493 i 4500 ebr10757425 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130520t20132013ohu ob 001 0 eng|d 9780821420324 9780821444498 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)860989941 fw----- PN5450.5.W34 N49 2013eb 079.6609 23 Newell, Stephanie, 1968- The power to name : a history of anonymity in colonial West Africa / Stephanie Newell. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2013] �2013 1 online resource (266 pages). text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier New African histories series Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: anonymity, pseudonymity, and the question of agency in colonial West African newspapers -- Part 1. Newspapers in colonial West Africa -- The "fourth and only estate" : defining a public sphere in colonial West Africa -- Articulating empire: newspaper networks in colonial West Africa -- Part 2. Case studies from the Colonial Office -- The view from afar : the Colonial Office, imperial government, and pseudonymous African journalism -- Part 3. Case studies from West African newspapers -- Trickster tactics and the question of authorship in newspaper folktales -- Printing women : the gendering of literacy -- Nominal ladies and "real" women writers : female pseudonyms and the problem of authorial identity in the cases of "Rosa" and "Marjorie Mensah" -- Conclusion. "New visibilities" : African print subjects and the birth of the (postcolonial) author -- Appendix: I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson in court. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. African newspapers Africa, West History 19th century. African newspapers Africa, West History 20th century. Anonymous writings History 19th century. Anonymous writings History 20th century. Literary forgeries and mystifications. Books and reading Africa, West History 19th century. Books and reading Africa, West History 20th century. Africa, West Intellectual life 19th century. Africa, West Intellectual life 20th century. Electronic books. Print version: Newell, Stephanie. Power to name : a history of anonymity in colonial West Africa. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2013] ix, 255 pages New African histories series 9780821420324 (DLC) 2013020423 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10757425 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 118970 118970