![]() ![]() Quayson footnotes a reference to an article he wrote in 1996, in the immediate aftermath of Saro-Wiwa’s death, which he seemingly needs to disavow at the start of the book and the culmination of twenty-five years of “worrying the point” (x). ![]() It is the requirements of the Tragedy paper that dictate the book’s structure and its investments. ![]() Saro-Wiwa makes no further appearance in the remaining chapters of the book, his inspiration dismissed as a false start for the project. Another was teaching the compulsory Tragedy paper to English undergraduates at Cambridge. Saro-Wiwa’s death, Ato Quayson tells us, was one of the starting points for his interest in postcolonial tragedy. Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature begins with an account of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Nigerian writer, environmental activist, and leader of the Ogoni people who was executed by the Nigerian government in 1995 for alleged crimes against the state. ![]()
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