It is not an exaggeration to say that before the emergence of the European form of written literature with the introduction of the western education, oral literature had already existed in most communities in Africa in general and Nigeria in...
Category: Essays
Post-Colonialism: An Example of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood and Devil on the Cross
This essay is attempt at examining Post-colonialism as a literary theory and situating such within the context of prose fiction, using the Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s, Petals of Blood and Devil on the Cross as a case study. The essay points out...
The Complexities of the Human Condition in Hamlet
Human beings are complex beings. We do not just respond to stimuli in the environment; we reason, make choices and take responsibility for our actions and inactions. We struggle with some seen and unseen forces which influence our feelings, actions...
How Gender is Reflected in Wole Soyinka’s Childe Internationale
This essay focuses on how gender is reflected in Wole Soyinka’s Childe Internationale. Gender refers to “the many aspects of human affairs concerned with the experience of being male or female in a particular culture.” That men have penises and...
Self-Identity in The Final Passage by Caryl Phillips
Abstract There is no doubt that one of the greatest searches of man is the search for self-discovery. Arguably, man has been able to discover many things in his environment but fails to discover himself. For a people such as...
Autobiography of Malcolm X and African-American Literature
Abstract Like other continental literatures, Afro-American or Africa-American Literature mirrors the social conditions of Americans of African descent. It looks at the pains, prejudices, racism and anguish faced by African-Americans both in the past and present. This paper, Autobiography Malcolm...
Fantasy and Reality in African Novels: A Study of Sello Duiker’s The Hidden Star
Abstract Like many other regions in the world, the notion of fantasy and reality had long existed in Africa even before the advent of the novel form. These twin notions, which happen to be an integral part of human existence,...
Oracular Truth and Human Freedom in Fred Abgeyegbe’s The King Must Dance Naked
Abstract Although humans have always been described as free moral agents, history is deplete with events and circumstances which challenge such notion. Whether we believe it or not, there are forces which tend to challenge the oracular truth and human...
The Concept of Comedy
In this paper, we shall attempt to discuss the concept of comedy, its development and its various types from the ancient to modern time. The Concept of Comedy Comedy is one of the three genre of drama; the others being...
The Concept of Freedom and its Ethical Consequences on the Society
Introduction Over the years, the concepts of freedom and determinism have continued to polarized philosophers. While believers in human freedom are of the opinion that man, by nature of his existence, has the right to do what he wants without...