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03058cam a2200409 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1375565596 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230912105312.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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230329s2022 nyu 000 m eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2023014554 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
IEN/DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
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DLC |
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OCLCF |
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TOH |
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YDX |
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MLV |
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YDX |
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JTH |
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GO4 |
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VP@ |
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NFG |
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1345221267 |
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1380788567 |
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1380855710 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780812989656 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0812989651 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1375565596 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1345221267 |
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(OCoLC)1380788567 |
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(OCoLC)1380855710 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
f------ |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
814.6 |
| Item number |
W141 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Wainaina, Binyavanga, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
191193 |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
<a href="Works">Works</a> |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
How to write about Africa : |
| Remainder of title |
collected works / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Binyavanga Wainaina ; edited by Achal Prabhala. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
One World, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 347 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Miscellaneous information |
The First Story -- |
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Binguni! -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
Away in South Africa and England -- |
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A Foreigner in Cape Town -- |
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Food Slut -- |
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Cured of England -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
Discovering Home: Essays -- |
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Circumcision -- |
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Discovering Home -- |
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Joga of Mathare Valley -- |
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Hair -- |
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Travels through Kalenjinland -- |
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I Hate Githeri -- |
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Who Invented Truth? -- |
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Inventing a City -- |
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She's Breaking Up -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
Writing Kenya: Short Stories -- |
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All things Remaining Equal -- |
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Hell is in Bed with Mrs Peprah -- |
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An Affair to Dismember -- |
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According to Mwangi -- |
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Ships in High Transit -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
Out in Africa: Essays -- |
| Title |
The Continental Dispatch -- |
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Beyond River Yei -- |
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The Most Authentic, Blackest, Africanest Soccer Team -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
A Continent of Satire -- |
| Title |
How to be a Dictator -- |
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How to be an African -- |
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The Senegal of the Mind -- |
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How to Write about Africa. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Binyavanga Wainaina was a pioneering voice in African literature, an award-winning memoirist and essayist, and a gatherer of literary communities. Before his tragic death in 2019 at the age of forty-seven, he won the Caine Prize for African Writing and was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People. His wildly popular essay "How to Write About Africa," an incisive and unapologetic piece that exposed the harmfully racist ways Western media depicts Africa, with implicit bias and subjective clichés, changed the game for African writers and helped set the stage for a new generation of authors, from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Yaa Gyasi. When Wainaina published a "lost chapter" of his 2011 memoir as an essay called "I Am a Homosexual, Mum," which imagines coming out to his mother, he became a voice for the queer, African community as well, adding a new layer to how African sexuality is perceived"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Africa. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
22975 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Essays. |
| Source of term |
lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
5184 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Short stories. |
| Source of term |
lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1945 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1977- |
| Relator term |
writer of introduction. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
12104 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Prabhala, Achal, |
| Relator term |
editor. |
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C0 |
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NFG |
