1. Another significant theoretical source for this view is Bhabha'sThe Location of Culture.
2. This is an example of the temporal paradox intrinsic to the logical of mimicry, as outlined by Bhabha in“Of Mimicry and Man”(The Location of Culture85–92).
3. I would like to thankResearch in African Literature's anonymous reviewer for pointing out this implication of Kingsley's use of racist language.
4. Power Shift: America in the New Nigerian Imagination