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Remembering J. M. Stuart-Young of Onitsha, colonial Nigeria: memoirs, obituaries and names

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posted on 2023-06-07, 22:51 authored by Stephanie Newell
Colonial Onitsha provided the stage for John Moray Stuart-Young (1881-1939), a Manchester trader and poet, to perform the role of an educated gentleman. In his autobiographical writing, Stuart-Young created a host of famous metropolitan friends and constructed for himself a past through which he invited African readers to remember him. The extent to which Onitsha citizens accepted his version of his life is explored in this article, for during the period of Stuart-Young's residence in town, from approximately 1909 until his death in 1939, different sectors of Igbo society observed him closely, read his publications, worked with him and witnessed his patronage of young men. Local people, including the children, studied his behaviour over time and produced a range of African names and watchwords by which they remembered his life.

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  • Published

Journal

Africa

ISSN

0001-9720

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Issue

4

Volume

73

Page range

505-530

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  • English Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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