Endnotes
[i]Exile has a multigeneric application in postcolonial literature as almost all aspects of this literature deals with the concept one way or the other.
[ii]The language debate, a very complex and expansive issue in African literature, has been tackled by numerous scholars like Achebe (1975), Ricard (2004) and Soyinka (1988). It will be limited to a mention here in view of the scope of this paper.
[iii] Cited in Rowland Smith (1976)
[iv] Olney’s argument can be found in his Tell Me Africa: An Introduction to African Literature Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973, p17)
[v] Forsdyke’s typology of exile includes political, religious, judicial and economic exile.
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[vii] Aso Rock is the name for Nigeria’s presidential villa located in the country’s capital, Abuja
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