We Need New Names

2013 novel by NoViolet Bulawayo
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We Need New Names

Summary

We Need New Names is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • We Need New Names authored NoViolet Bulawayo[3].
  • We Need New Names's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • We Need New Names's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • We Need New Names was published on May 2013[6].
  • We Need New Names's described by source is recorded as Perspectives of Zimbabwe–China relations in Wallace Chirumiko’s ‘Made in China’ (2012) and NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names (2013)[7].
  • We Need New Names's described by source is recorded as Taking Pictures: The Economy of Affect and Postcolonial Performativity in NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names[8].
  • We Need New Names's nominated for is recorded as Booker Prize[9].
  • We Need New Names's title is recorded as We Need New Names[10].
  • We Need New Names's has characteristic is recorded as debut novel[11].
  • We Need New Names's form of creative work is recorded as novel[12].

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Authorship and Creation

We Need New Names authored NoViolet Bulawayo[3].

Publication

We Need New Names was released on May 2013[6]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[5].

Why It Matters

We Need New Names ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . thebookerprizes.com. thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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    Wikidata description 2013 novel by NoViolet Bulawayo
    Language of work or name English
    Described by source Perspectives of Zimbabwe–China relations in Wallace Chirumiko’s ‘Made in China’ (2012) and NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names (2013), Taking Pictures: The Economy of Affect and Postcolonial Performativity in NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names
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