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Exit of a Hero

In Exit of a Hero , Okechukwu Nwafor explores the cultural, political, and socioeconomic implications of photography in commemorative practices in southern Nigeria from the nineteenth century to the present. Focusing on obituary and commemorative photographs of late nineteenth and early twentieth-ce...

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Main Author: Nwafor, Okechukwu
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Michigan State University Press 2026
Subjects:
Nigeria
Photography
Commemoration
Obituary
Death
Funeral
Public
Gallery
Hero
Icon
Igbo
Achievement
Ikenga
Intermediality
Praise
Social Media
Lagos
Colonialism
Materiality
Billboard
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AJ Photography and photographs
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBZ Sociology: death and dying
Online Access:ONIX_20260323T152922_9780472905829_3
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