taught him many of the values of their traditional Igbo culture‚ and it is not surprising that they reflect even in his works. In 1944 Chinua Achebe went to Government College in Umuahia. Like other major Nigerian writers including Elechi Amadi‚ Wole Soyinka‚ John Pepper Clark‚ John Okigbo‚ and Cole Omotso‚ he was also attended the University College of Ibadan‚ where he studied English‚ History and Theology. In 1953 he graduated with a BA‚ before joining the Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS‚ later
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U N I V E R S I T Y O F L A G O S D E P A R T M E N T O F E N G L I S H M . A . L I T E R A T U R E C O U R S E W O R K: M O D E R N N I G E R I A N D R A M A : S O C I O - C U L T U R A L A N D W E S T E R N I N F L U E N C E S N A M E : A G B A M U A G H O G H O M A T R I C U L A T I ON N U M B E R : 1 0 9 0 1 3 0 4 6 C O U R S E : M O D E R N N I G E R I A N D R A M A E N G 8 5 6 QUESTION: HOW HAS MODERN NIGERIAN DRAMA BEEN INFLUENCED
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Louis Gates‚ Jr. (Criticism 155-164) and “Tragedy‚ Mimicry‚ and the African World” by Olakunle George (Criticism 207-222) in your essay. The Real Tragic Hero Of The Nation The drama “Death and the King’s Horseman” written by Wole Soyinka tells a story that relates to the burial of the dead king of the Oyo‚ which is held by the ancient Yoruba in Africa. According to the tradition of the Yoruba‚ after thirty-day of the king’s death‚ his horseman Elesin must commit suicide in the
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How successful is Chinua Achebe in representing an image of Africa that "writes back" to the European coloniser? Chinua Achebe was one of Africa’s most influential and widely published writers. He was "Born on the 16th of November 1930 in Ogidi‚ an Igbo village a few miles from the Niger River in what was then the British-ruled colony of Nigeria" . Achebe was a prominent Igbo writer‚ infamous for his novels depicting the effects of Western customs and beliefs on a traditional African society
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INTRODUCTION Critics and literary artists have argued that writing is not a precondition before having an interesting oral narrative. There were oral narratives before writing came to Africa. Chinweizu & co. insist that we have oral narrative in Africa before people like Amos Tutuola began to write. Oral tradition is as old as man himself. DEFINITION OF AFRICAN ORAL NARRATIVES/ ORAL TRADITION The definition of African oral literature is both paradoxically complex and simple. The definition
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I’m so depressed. I need to find myself. I cannot see the beauty of the world‚ the beauty of my family and the beauty of humanity. Why am I deprived to do what I want? How can I smile if all the sorrows lie in my shoulder? How can I stand if all the grievances in life are at my back- embroidered and embedded in my soul? I’m so tired of living. My beloved husband is between life and death. What will I do now? How can I find for those cherry blossoms that would cure his mysterious sickness? This
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Feminist and Womanist Criticism of African Literature: A Bibliography By Sharon Verba July 20‚ 1997 Those women who struggle without giving up hope‚ herald the impending change...: change in attitude for both men and women as they evaluate and re-evaluate their social roles.... -Rosemary Moyana‚ "Men & Women" Rereading‚ willful misreading‚ and de- and re-coding are tools used in African literature and womanist or feminist discourse to challenge "canonized ’literature ’"
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"’Beware Okonkwo!’ she warned. ’Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!’" - Chinua Achebe‚ Things Fall Apart‚ Ch. 11 "It was like beginning life anew without the vigor and enthusiasm of youth‚ like learning to become left-handed in old age." - Chinua Achebe‚ Things Fall Apart‚ Ch. 14 "if one finger brought oil it soiled the others." Chapter 13‚ Pg. 111 "It was like beginning life anew without the vigor and enthusiasm of youth‚ like learning
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Letterkunde Universiteit Gent Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte Academiejaar 2011-2012 Promotor: prof. dr. Stef Craps 1 Table of contents Foreword and Thanks Introduction Sexuality and Homosexuality in Africa Terminology “Africa” Literature study Wole Soyinka: The Interpreters (1965) Yulisa Amadu Maddy: No Past‚ No Present‚ No Future (1973) Rebeka Njau: Ripples in the Pool (1975) Ama Ata Aidoo: Our Sister Killjoy (1977) Tatamkhulu Afrika: “The Vortex” and “The Treadmill” (1996) Jude Dibia: Walking with
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Homeland and Migration‚ either as a theme or sub-theme‚ reappears regularly in postcolonial literature. The foremost Nigerian poet‚ Odia Ofeimun‚ is notable for his reiterative exploration of these themes in his London Letter and Other Poems (2010). Ofeimun’s concern in London Letter is mainly on how the persona views his homeland from the diaspora‚ more so‚ the relationships that exist between Lagos and other cities he travelled to during his sojourn in Europe. This study‚ therefore‚ examines the
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