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| ⚫ | '''''A Particular Kind of Black Man''''' is 2019 novel by Nigerian writer [[Tope Folarin]].<ref name=NPR>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/24/751917486/tope-folarin-was-a-particular-kind-of-black-man-so-he-wrote-a-book-about-it|title=Tope Folarin Was 'A Particular Kind Of Black Man' — So He Wrote A Book About It|date=August 24, 2018|author=Martin, |
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| name = A Particular Kind of Black Man |
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| author = [[Tope Folarin]] |
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| language = English |
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| country = [[Nigeria]] |
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| genre = Literary fiction |
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| publisher = [[Simon & Schuster]] |
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| pub_date = 2019 |
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| pages = 272 |
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| isbn = 978-1-5011-7181-9 |
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| image = A Particular Kind of Black Man.jpg |
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| caption = First edition (publ. [[Simon & Schuster]]) |
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| media_type = Print (hardcover, paperback), e-book |
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| subjects = [[Coming-of-age]], [[Racism]], Self-realization |
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| ⚫ | '''''A Particular Kind of Black Man''''' is a 2019 novel by Nigerian writer [[Tope Folarin]].<ref name=NPR>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/24/751917486/tope-folarin-was-a-particular-kind-of-black-man-so-he-wrote-a-book-about-it|title=Tope Folarin Was 'A Particular Kind Of Black Man' — So He Wrote A Book About It|date=August 24, 2018|author=Martin, Michel|access-date=October 23, 2021|website=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/books/review/tope-folarin-a-particular-kind-of-black-man.html|title=A Nigerian-American Bildungsroman, in Mormon Country|first=Elaine|last=Castillo|date=August 5, 2019|website=[[New York Times]]|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/arrival-on-tope-folarins-a-particular-kind-of-black-man/|title=Arrival: On Tope Folarin's "A Particular Kind of Black Man"|date=September 1, 2019|author=Goyal, Sana|website=[[Los Angeles Review of Books]]|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bgdailynews.com/community/book-review-a-particular-kind-of-black-man/article_b3104e22-c714-5e64-8d5d-28a8cada241a.html|title=Book review: 'A Particular Kind of Black Man'|author=Lott, Tamera|date=October 17, 2019|website=[[The Daily News (Kentucky)|Bowling Green Daily News]]|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pw.org/content/a_particular_kind_of_black_man|title=A Particular Kind of Black Man|date=July 17, 2019|website=[[Poets & Writers]]|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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''A Particular Kind of Black Man'' centers on the protagonist, Tunde Akinola a Nigerian who lives in Utah with his family. While in |
''A Particular Kind of Black Man'' centers on the protagonist, Tunde Akinola, a [[Nigerian]] who lives in [[Utah]] with his family. While in school, Tunde has to face racism from his classmates and schoolmates who rub his skin asking why his dark skin will not go off. At home, Tunde's father, Akinola, struggles to keep up to his responsibility as he cannot get a good job due to his skin and race. His mother, who has [[schizophrenia]], abuses Tunde physically. Tunde's mother wakes up one morning and takes Tunde and his younger brother and ran away. Akinola tracks them and takes Tunde, while Tunde's mother flies back to Nigeria with his younger brother. Tunde's father remarries a Utah resident who is also a racist and divorcee who prefers her own children over Tunde. |
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Tunde's mother, wakes up one morning and takes Tunde and his younger brother and ran away. Akinola tracks them and takes Tunde, while Tundes mother, flys back to Nigeria with his younger brother. |
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Tunde's father remarries an Utah residence who is also a racist and divorcee who prefers her own children over Tunde. |
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==Theme== |
==Theme== |
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The theme in the novel includes coming-of-age, racism and self-realization. |
The theme in the novel includes coming-of-age, racism and self-realization. |
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==Development== |
==Development== |
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Folarin stated that the novel was supposed to be a semi-autobiography but the story then began to expand and that the protagonist took a new phase rather than what he had imagined.<ref name=NPR/> |
Folarin stated that the novel was supposed to be a semi-autobiography, but the story then began to expand and that the protagonist took a new phase rather than what he had imagined.<ref name=NPR/> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' described it as "[A] tender, cunning debut…" and that "[[Tope Folarin|Folarin]] pulls off the crafty trick of simultaneously bringing scenes to sharp life and undercutting their reliability, and evokes the complexities of life as a second-generation African-American in simple, vivid prose. Folarin's debut is canny and electrifying."<ref>{{cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: A Particular Kind of Black Man|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5011-7181-9|date=May 15, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2021|website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described it as "Wild, vulnerable, lived…A study of the particulate self, the self as a constellation of moving parts."<ref name=NYT/> |
''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' described it as "[A] tender, cunning debut…" and that "[[Tope Folarin|Folarin]] pulls off the crafty trick of simultaneously bringing scenes to sharp life and undercutting their reliability, and evokes the complexities of life as a second-generation African-American in simple, vivid prose. Folarin's debut is canny and electrifying."<ref>{{cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: A Particular Kind of Black Man|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5011-7181-9|date=May 15, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2021|website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described it as "Wild, vulnerable, lived…A study of the particulate self, the self as a constellation of moving parts."<ref name=NYT/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 08:54, 3 October 2024
 First edition (publ. Simon & Schuster) | |
| Author | Tope Folarin |
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| Language | English |
| Subjects | Coming-of-age, Racism, Self-realization |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 2019 |
| Publication place | Nigeria |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback), e-book |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 978-1-5011-7181-9 |
A Particular Kind of Black Man is a 2019 novel by Nigerian writer Tope Folarin.[1][2][3][4][5]
Plot
[edit]A Particular Kind of Black Man centers on the protagonist, Tunde Akinola, a Nigerian who lives in Utah with his family. While in school, Tunde has to face racism from his classmates and schoolmates who rub his skin asking why his dark skin will not go off. At home, Tunde's father, Akinola, struggles to keep up to his responsibility as he cannot get a good job due to his skin and race. His mother, who has schizophrenia, abuses Tunde physically. Tunde's mother wakes up one morning and takes Tunde and his younger brother and ran away. Akinola tracks them and takes Tunde, while Tunde's mother flies back to Nigeria with his younger brother. Tunde's father remarries a Utah resident who is also a racist and divorcee who prefers her own children over Tunde.
Theme
[edit]The theme in the novel includes coming-of-age, racism and self-realization.
Development
[edit]Folarin stated that the novel was supposed to be a semi-autobiography, but the story then began to expand and that the protagonist took a new phase rather than what he had imagined.[1]
Reception
[edit]Publishers Weekly described it as "[A] tender, cunning debut…" and that "Folarin pulls off the crafty trick of simultaneously bringing scenes to sharp life and undercutting their reliability, and evokes the complexities of life as a second-generation African-American in simple, vivid prose. Folarin's debut is canny and electrifying."[6] The New York Times described it as "Wild, vulnerable, lived…A study of the particulate self, the self as a constellation of moving parts."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Martin, Michel (August 24, 2018). "Tope Folarin Was 'A Particular Kind Of Black Man' — So He Wrote A Book About It". NPR. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ a b Castillo, Elaine (August 5, 2019). "A Nigerian-American Bildungsroman, in Mormon Country". New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ Goyal, Sana (September 1, 2019). "Arrival: On Tope Folarin's "A Particular Kind of Black Man"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ Lott, Tamera (October 17, 2019). "Book review: 'A Particular Kind of Black Man'". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "A Particular Kind of Black Man". Poets & Writers. July 17, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: A Particular Kind of Black Man". Publishers Weekly. May 15, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2021.