The a history of anonymity in colonial West Africa Newell, Stephanie 1968- creator text bibliography Electronic books. ohu 2013 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (266 pages). 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. Stephanie Newell. Includes bibliographical references and index. fw----- 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 PN5450.5.W34 N49 2013eb 079.6609 Newell, Stephanie. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2013] ix, 255 pages (DLC) 2013020423 9780821444498 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10757425 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10757425 CaPaEBR 130520 ebr10757425 eng