CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The oppression and exploitation of African people as well as the double oppression of women will be explored by analysing the characters’ influences, pressures and societal manipulations and constraints in the texts. Early African writers had dwelt on addressing the basic African problems like colonialism, neo-colonialism,…
Abstract: This research work examines the theme of Oppression and Discrimination in Peter Abraham’s Tell Freedom and Mine Boy. From the analysis of the novels, the study shows that racism has been considered as a hindrance to the Blacks who live in South Africa. The study has also shown that the white who are even…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION In the beginning, the Bible said, God created Adam; the first man and later Eve; the first woman- from the ribs of Adam. The western ideology of life is arguably hinged on this maxim. It has shaped argument for the larger part of hundreds of years and forms an allusion…
Abstract: This research work examines the effect of cultural discrimination against women in Zaynab Alkali’s The Still Born and Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter. This study shown that Zaynab Alkali and Mariam Ba are prolific African female writers because their writings call for the emancipation of African women from the shackles of male oppression…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study The struggle for women’s right began in the 18th century during the period of intense intellectual activity known as the Age of Enlightenment. These women accepted their fate without resistance because of the obnoxious and socio-cultural practices. In the same vein, female children are accorded inferior roles…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Literature generally evolves from a people’s historical and cultural experiences. Though both male and female African writers explore their culture as sources of inspirations in their literary writings. This point justifies Ngugi Wa Thiongo to makes the following observation in his Homecoming essays that: Literature…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study In traditional Africa the woman is an object of constant scorn, degradation and physical torture. In the past, women did not exist as individuals with personalities to defend. They rather existed as mere docile and exotic accompaniments to the males. Throughout that period, women lacked a voice…
Project Topics in Literature Topics and Complete Materials CHILDLESSNESS IN MARRIAGE IN BUCHI EMECHETA’S THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD AMD FLORA NWAPA’S ONE IS ENOUGH THE OBNOXIOUS CULTURAL PRACTICES IN ZULU SOFOLA’S WEDLOCK OF THE GODS AND NAWAL EL SAADAWI’S WOMAN AT POIT ZERO THE THEME OF LAND EXPLOITATION AND OPPRESSION IN NGUGI WA THIONGO’S PETALS…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Chinua Achebe and Abubakar Gimba are both Nigerian and post-colonial African novelist. They belong to African most renowned novelists who are representing the African social and political environment in a thoroughly realistic way. Their novels depict the Nigerian situation in post-independence phase, during the time the country…
ABSTRACT: This study critically portrays the effects of negative cultural practices in Alice Obongeren’s the maiden’s dilemma and Ama Ata Aidoo’s the dilemma of a ghost. It is discovered over the years that African cultural practices have been the major issue affecting the female folks in the society. The study further revealed that African culture…