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The Pan-African Nation (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
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When Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of
Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, it celebrated a global vision of
black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its
recent oil boom. Andrew Apter's "The Pan-African Nation" tells the
fascinating story of this cultural extravaganza, from Nigeria's
spectacular rebirth as a rapidly developing petro-state to its
dramatic demise when the boom went bust.
According to Apter, FESTAC expanded the horizons of blackness in
Nigeria to mirror the global circuits of its economy. By showcasing
masks, dances, images, and souvenirs from many of its diverse
ethnic groups, Nigeria forged a new national culture. In the
grandeur of this oil-fed confidence, the nation subsumed all black
and African cultures within its empire of cultural signs, and
erased its colonial legacies from collective memory. As the oil
economy collapsed, however, cultural signs became unstable,
contributing to rampant violence and dissimulation.
"The Pan-African Nation "unpacks FESTAC as a historically situated
mirror of production in Nigeria. More broadly, it points toward a
critique of the political economy of the sign in postcolonial
Africa.
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