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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Michigan State University Press
2026
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| description | 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-century Lagos to contemporary funeral posters, booklets, and social media posts, Nwafor tracks the historical evolution of the iconic and heroic image. He argues that the quest to produce an ideal memorial body is not just a personal aesthetic choice but a deliberate photographic project that resonates with the Igbo aspirations for heroic achievement. Exit of a Hero asserts that the visual canonization transforms the deceased from a fallible being to an unimpeachable character who transcends underachievement, imperfection, and failed social performance to emerge as a saintly icon of the Igbo public sphere. In seeking an alternative, hyper-visible public self, social media reclaims the lost hero image of the deceased, reconstituting the contested Igbo public space as a lived reality where heroes and icons are actively and eternally commemorated. Nwafor unveils the creative imaginations of colonial subjects and postcolonial citizens as memorialization has become entangled within the intersecting discursive spaces of print culture and the public sphere. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1742622026-03-24T05:13:46Z Exit of a Hero Nwafor, Okechukwu 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 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-century Lagos to contemporary funeral posters, booklets, and social media posts, Nwafor tracks the historical evolution of the iconic and heroic image. He argues that the quest to produce an ideal memorial body is not just a personal aesthetic choice but a deliberate photographic project that resonates with the Igbo aspirations for heroic achievement. Exit of a Hero asserts that the visual canonization transforms the deceased from a fallible being to an unimpeachable character who transcends underachievement, imperfection, and failed social performance to emerge as a saintly icon of the Igbo public sphere. In seeking an alternative, hyper-visible public self, social media reclaims the lost hero image of the deceased, reconstituting the contested Igbo public space as a lived reality where heroes and icons are actively and eternally commemorated. Nwafor unveils the creative imaginations of colonial subjects and postcolonial citizens as memorialization has become entangled within the intersecting discursive spaces of print culture and the public sphere. 2026-03-24T05:13:42Z 2026-03-24T05:13:42Z 2026-03-23T15:16:46Z 2026 book ONIX_20260323T152922_9780472905829_3 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112140 9780472905829 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174262 eng African Perspectives open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112140/1/9780472905829.pdf Michigan State University Press University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.14426701 10.3998/mpub.14426701 aa7f6664-5117-41d8-90f8-c3af56526b92 9780472905829 University of Michigan Press 268 open access |
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| topic | 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 |
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