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Hustler narratives have emerged as a genre in world literature since the mid 1960s. It is an expansive genre, but deals broadly with the shortcomings of any given political economy as seen from the perspective of characters who position themselves as both victims and villains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been groundbreaking hustler narratives from the US \u2013 like The Autobiography of Malcolm X<\/em><\/a> (1965) written by Malcolm X and Alex Haley, and Donald Goines\u2019s Dopefiend<\/em><\/a> (1971). In recent times, critics have described the work of African American writers in this field as a type of crime fiction. They carry the expressions of people\u2019s response to inner city problems such as de-industrialisation and police repression. The books represent individuals who operate outside the bounds of what American society might consider acceptable, just to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria has made its own contribution to this field with its stories of political and religious hustle, sex worker narratives and many others about roadside hawkers, destitution, petty theft, and internet fraud. Notable examples include Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo\u2019s Trafficked<\/em><\/a> (2008) and Igoni Barrett\u2019s Blackass<\/em><\/a> (2016). Other African entries include South African novelist Niq Mhlongo\u2019s Dog Eat Dog<\/em><\/a> (2004) and Congolese author Alain Mabanckou\u2019s Black Moses<\/em><\/a> (2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

African hustler narratives represent the way people survive at the margins of postcolonial African economies. A distinct kind of African hustler narrative is the Nigerian e-fraud story, portraying characters who engage in cybercrime trying to make scam e-mail recipients part with their money \u2013 locally called \u201cYahoo Boys\u201d<\/a>. The narratives show how people attempt to overcome geographic and economic disadvantages by creating alternative networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell us what you think about The Conversation Africa<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In a recent paper<\/a>, I analysed some of these e-fraud novels \u2013 and one in particular, I Do Not Come To You By Chance<\/em> by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani<\/a> \u2013 to show that they fit the literary canon of hustler novels and to find out what they have to say as a critique of the Nigerian state and its economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between Afropolitans and hustlers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In my study I looked at Nigerian hustler narratives in relation to another common trend in African literature today: Afropolitanism<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afropolitanism<\/a> describes the experience of African subjects who attain the status of global citizenship. They do this by connecting to other non-African expressions of identity, community and sense of belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both hustler and Afropolitan narratives highlight the possibility of migration as a way to move socially. But whereas the privileged Afropolitan has a real chance of migration, the African hustler can only access it through a backdoor channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u2019s Americanah<\/em><\/a>, Ifemelu\u2019s migration to the US is through a legally documented process. In contrast, the female hustlers in Chika Unigwe\u2019s On Black Sisters\u2019 Street<\/em><\/a> pay a pimp to smuggle them from Lagos to Antwerp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, instead of physical migration, the hustlers (e-scammers) in Nwaubani\u2019s I Do Not Come to You by Chance<\/em> resist poor economic conditions by creating an alternate digital universe. This they navigate by e-mail, for access to global locations of capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigerian hustler narratives establish e-fraud practice as an alternative economy and show how and why such economies emerge. They can also be a potent critique of young Nigerians\u2019 exclusion from the postcolonial economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Do Not Come to You by Chance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The protagonist of Nwaubani\u2019s book, Kingsley, turns to e-fraud as a way out of poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After independence in 1960, Nigeria continued to adopt the colonial model of an extractive economy, with its dependence on crude oil. Following the fall in global oil prices in the 1980s, Nigeria adopted a neoliberal economic policy called the Structural Adjustment Programme<\/a>. But this failed to improve the lives of ordinary citizens and encouraged them to engage in capitalist pursuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingsley yearns to perform the traditional duties of a family\u2019s opara<\/em> (firstborn son), which include taking care of his siblings and widowed mother. He applies for work at Nigerian oil companies but none employs him. So he joins his uncle, Cash Daddy, in the informal economy of online fraud. He declares:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was not a criminal. I had gone into [internet fraud] so that my mother could live in comfort and my siblings have a good education.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

E-fraud and the Nigerian state<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But in embracing e-fraud as an alternative to his economic exclusion, Kingsley recreates the same exploitative economic landscape that he seeks to avoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one of his scam letters, he exploits the decadent image of Nigeria\u2019s political economy and positions himself within it as a victim. He pretends to be the widow of former Nigerian head of state, General Sani Abacha<\/a>, describing the persecution of the widow\u2019s household following his death:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness by the current civilian administration. I have been subjected to physical and psychological torture by security agents in the country\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What Kingsley has done above is to weave his personal experience of economic deprivation into a scam e-mail. Terms like \u201chopelessness\u201d and \u201cpsychological torture\u201d serve to appeal to the scam target\u2019s pity and earn their trust. But they simultaneously hold true about Nigeria\u2019s economic uncertainties and Kingsley\u2019s economic vulnerability. In this way, readers are introduced to the degenerate world of Nigeria\u2019s postcolonial economy, one that emasculates the postcolonial subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another scam e-mail he writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a lot of corruption in Nigeria and people get up to all sorts of devious things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Kingsley\u2019s class-climbing manoeuvres are therefore a by-product of a failing Nigerian economic system in which a parasitic state exploits the masses. It does so by privatising government assets and converting the common wealth to its advantage, excluding most citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingsley\u2019s story forms a critique of the Nigerian economic culture in which he is allowed first to starve and then to prosper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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