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University of Nigeria Journal of Language and Literary Studies

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Literary Theory and Criticism Volume 23, Issue 1 (September 2023)pp. 104–122PDF of Mythopoeia and Esotericism in Nigerian Literature: A Study of Power and Ritual in The Famished Road, Zahrah the Windseeker, and And the Dead Sing… Justice
Mythopoeia and Esotericism in Nigerian Literature: A Study of Power and Ritual in The Famished Road, Zahrah the Windseeker, and And the Dead Sing… Justice
Benjamin Nwabuisi Abia, Anya Ude Egwu and Mary J. N. Okolie
Esotericism names a hidden, inward order of knowledge and authority that is closed to the uninitiated. From the ancient mystery cults to contemporary prose, writers have drawn on secret knowledge