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'''''One Man, One Matchet''''' is a novel written by [[Nigeria]]n author [[T. M. Aluko]] and published in 1964 as the 11th book in the Heinemann [[African Writers Series]]. The novel tells the story of a community in Western Nigeria during the end of the colonial period and beginning of independence. Set in a small community where the majority of the inhabitants are dependent on the revenue from their [[cocoa bean|cocoa]] crops, the story looks at the role of the semi-literate<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aluko |first=T. M. |url=https://books.google.com.ng/books/about/One_Man_One_Matchet.html?id=e6onAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y |title=One Man, One Matchet |date=1964 |publisher=University Press of Kansas |isbn=978-0-435-90011-3 |language=en}}</ref> Benjamin Benjamin in the small community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Complete Review |url=http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/nigeria/alukotm1.htm<!--None-->}}</ref> |
'''''One Man, One Matchet''''' is a novel written by [[Nigeria]]n author [[T. M. Aluko]] and published in London<ref>{{Cite book |last=M |first=Aluko, T. |url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24394595M/One_man_one_matchet |title=One man, one matchet |date=1968 |publisher=Heinemann Educational Books |location=London}}</ref> in the year 1964 as the 11th book in the Heinemann [[African Writers Series]]. The novel tells the story of a community in Western Nigeria during the end of the colonial period and beginning of independence. Set in a small community where the majority of the inhabitants are dependent on the revenue from their [[cocoa bean|cocoa]] crops, the story looks at the role of the semi-literate<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aluko |first=T. M. |url=https://books.google.com.ng/books/about/One_Man_One_Matchet.html?id=e6onAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y |title=One Man, One Matchet |date=1964 |publisher=University Press of Kansas |isbn=978-0-435-90011-3 |language=en}}</ref> Benjamin Benjamin in the small community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Complete Review |url=http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/nigeria/alukotm1.htm<!--None-->}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:36, 28 July 2023
Author | T. M. Aluko |
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Language | English |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1964 |
Publication place | Nigeria |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 203 |
ISBN | 978-0435900113 (reissued) |
Preceded by | One Man, One Wife (1959) |
Followed by | Kinsman and Foreman (1966) |
One Man, One Matchet is a novel written by Nigerian author T. M. Aluko and published in London[1] in the year 1964 as the 11th book in the Heinemann African Writers Series. The novel tells the story of a community in Western Nigeria during the end of the colonial period and beginning of independence. Set in a small community where the majority of the inhabitants are dependent on the revenue from their cocoa crops, the story looks at the role of the semi-literate[2] Benjamin Benjamin in the small community.[3]
References
- ^ M, Aluko, T. (1968). One man, one matchet. London: Heinemann Educational Books.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Aluko, T. M. (1964). One Man, One Matchet. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-435-90011-3.
- ^ "Complete Review".
External links
Categories:
- Novels set in the British Empire
- Novels set in colonial Africa
- Historical novels
- Nigerian English-language novels
- Novels set in Nigeria
- 1964 Nigerian novels
- Heinemann (publisher) books
- Postcolonial novels
- African Writers Series
- British Empire stubs
- 1960s historical novel stubs
- Nigerian novel stubs
- Postcolonialism stubs