Post-Colonial Resistance in Selected Anglophone African Novels (1980-1990)
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2020-04
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This study aims at investigating the post-colonial resistance in selected Anglophone African Novels from post-colonial perspectives. This study examines how the resistance strategies in Anthills of the Savannah , Nervous Conditions and Matigari are depicted to the emancipation of Africa from neo-colonialism manifestations and post-colonial dominations. The study employs post-colonial motherism, magical realism and language politics as strategies of exploration through the portrayal of psycho-active intellectual characters in the selected novels. The research has qualitative nature. Post-colonial theory is applied as theoretical framework and as a method of analysis. One of the finding in this study is the presence of strong post-colonial female and male characters in struggling for freedom. Moreover, in spite of the fact that there is a gender inequality in the story both men and women are depicted to be a part of the solution. Women’s Education is the other major finding which is portrayed as a tool of resistance against gender inequality.
Furthermore, the study reveals that there is a continuous struggle for freedom against any form of oppression as clearly depicted in the novels. Besides, Searching for justice, identity, place and displacement, gender equality, resistance against cultural stereotypes, motherhood, and magical realism as strategies of resistance are some of the findings that have been discussed in this study. Finally, the study concluded by indicating the possibility of a new political, social and economic revolution that will bring freedom and equality in African literary works. The result also shows that how the strategies of appropriation and magical realism are depicted in line with the post-colonial resistance as a new mode of writing in African literary works.
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This study examines how the resistance strategies in Anthills of the Savannah