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Onitsha Market Literature Archive

A collection of 49 pamphlets comprising advice literature, all printed in the town of Onitsha, Nigeria, along with several works of supporting scholarship. Individual titles are now catalogued in JOSIAH. For a general overview of Onitsha Market literature, see 'Onitsha Market Literature: Pulp Fiction in a Period of Pan-Africanism'
Format(s): Books, Pamphlets
Library: John Hay
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Access to the collection:

Online Catalog (BruKnow):
Individual records for most printed materials available on BruKnow.

Browse list for Onitsha Market Literature Collection

Other Online Access:
Non-brown Web Page: Onitsha Market Literature (University of Florida)
Non-brown Web Page: Onitsha Market Literature (Indiana University)
Non-brown Web Page: Onitsha Market Literature (University of Kansas)
Non-brown Web Page: Onitsha Market Literature (University of Alberta)