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While African literature studies show a tendency to gloss over the essentially diasporic nature of many African writings, the present book engages with the conceit of émigré identity in specific relation to Ben Okri. Through Homi K. Bhabha, new readings of Okri’s earlier works reveal a mimicry that speaks of an unconscious tethering to a colonial past. Through the fields of Postcolonial Studies, Diasporic Criticism and Anthropological Studies, this comprehensive study situates Ben Okri’s literary oeuvre within a globalised African consciousness that embraces all humanity.