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The forger's tale: the search for Odeziaku

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posted on 2023-06-08, 05:28 authored by Steph Newell
'The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku' charts the story of the English novelist and poet John Moray Stuart-Young (1881-1939) as he travelled form the slums of Manchester to West Africa. Leaving behind a criminal record for forgery and embezzlement, Stuart-Young contructed a new idenityt as a wealthy palm oil trader and a celebrated author, known to Nigerians as "Odeziaku" - meaning manager, arranger, or keeper of wealth.

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  • Published

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Ohio University Press

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272.0

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9780821417102

Series

New African Histories

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  • English Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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