ABSTRACT: This research work is on The Theme of Oppression in Peter Abraham’s Mine Boy and Tell Freedom. The work examines the theme of oppression and their effect in our society and even in Nigeria as portrayed in Peter Abraham’s Mine Boy and Tell Freedom which the texts shows that oppression is considered as the…
Abstract: This research work examined the Apartheid policies in South African literature in Peter Abraham’s Mine Boy and Tell Freedom. From the analysis of the novels, the study shows that Apartheid policy has been considered as a hindrance to the Blacks who live in South Africa in the late eighteenth century under the British Empire. …
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,…