A Man of the People

Carroll, David

doi:10.1057/9780230375215_5

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“…In campaigning for mutuality and respect for all cultures as having something distinct to offer to the globalizing world, every individual culture must ensure to wipe away her inferiority complex syndrome. This syndrome is evident, for example, in Igbo statements, such as: "ndi ocha akarika anyi" (white men are greater than us), "ndi ocha bu mmuo" (white men are spirits), "bekee wu agbara" (white men are gods) [57]. This inferiority nature must be stamped out because with such belief-system people would not see much worth celebrating in one"s culture, in this case, African philosophy and culture.…”

Section: New Ethical World Ordermentioning

confidence: 99%

Okolo's African Being-with and Heidegger's Idea of Mitsein: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue

Ukwuoma¹

2023

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There is a dare need to understand peoples and cultures and resolve unending conflicts for better human relationship among people. To do this, this study seeks to find out whether the ontological being underlying Okolo"s African being-with is the same as that underlying Heidegger"s being-with (mitsein). The question raised is whether Africans share a common humanity with other human beings in the world, and if Heidegger"s presumption about the humanity of the African is true? What can the answers to these questions do in leadership and governance especially as the Nigerian election is in its full gear? The major aim of the study is to examine Okolo"s notion of African "being-with" in relation to Heidegger"s "being-with and highlight the rich ethical and political implications of their concepts through a cross-cultural dialogue and use it to advance a new ethical world order that promotes better living among peoples. The study finds that Africans and Europeans share a common humanity and that the understanding of Okolo and Heidegger"s notions of being-with can help not only improve mutual relationship but also leadership growth.

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Section: New Ethical World Ordermentioning

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Okolo's African Being-with and Heidegger's Idea of Mitsein: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue

Ukwuoma¹

2023

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“…I cameo ver….' (Achebe, 1958: p. 50-51) Achebe (1984) uses the proverb ''The man who carried the carcass of an elephant on his head and searched with his toes for a grasshopper''. Proverbs are commonly used by African writers as a médium to press home the truth of matters.…”

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“…When the Prime Minister rejected the good plan of the Finance Minister. Dr. Makinde, 'a first rate economist with a Ph.D in public finance' (Achebe, 1958…”

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Citations in Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People

Nkouka

2023

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This study investigates the use of citations in A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe. We used the post-structuralism approach, with Julia Kristeva drawing inspiration from Mikhail and adopting a notion and method called intertextuality. Many excerpts from this novel are analyzed in terms of citation types and functions. The results reveal that citations are used more frequently by the writer in the novel in quotation marks, in italics, and indenting. They fulfill the didactic function, the apellative function, and the aesthetic function. A Man of the People is generally influenced by the political context which constitutes the plot of the prose. The citations portray a typical Nigerian socio-political context. The findings reveal that citations in the text are basically used to satirize, ridicule, and mock the political class and also show how politicians coax and persuade the masses with citations.

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“…The second manifestation of inverted disillusionment is indifference, ill conception, and a general sense of apathy to politics among the people, while those who muster the strength to venture in sometimes perform even more horribly (Osundare 2015). In this category are those who coerce their leaders to steal, telling them it is their turn to eat of the national cake (Achebe 1966). Still in this category are those who were once very poor (ordinary people), whom one will normally judge as promising, but they betray the masses once they get into power or become rich.…”

Section: The Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

Inverted Disillusionment in Postcolonial African Literature

Agunbiade

2023

Imbizo

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This study introduces the concept of inverted disillusionment as a new conceptual framework for reading African literature of the postcolonial era. It is conceived to philosophically account for the collective complicity of the people in their predicament in postcolonial Africa. It thus re-examines the concept of post-independence disillusionment of postcolonial theory, which blames postcolonial-era realities of disillusionment on African leaders and, consequently, places disillusionment and indifference to development in a broader context of human features everywhere. Achille Mbembe’s version of postcolonial theory and Derrida’s deconstructive operation are adopted as a framework, while textual evidence is drawn from selected literature to authenticate the ideological standpoints conceived as indices of the study. Theoretically and philosophically conceived, inverted disillusionment is foregrounded as an alternative engagement paradigm in reading African literature of the postcolonial era. It sits at the crossroads of postcolonial African literature and criticism as it advocates the extension of the frontiers of disillusionment in African Literature.

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A Man of the People

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Okolo's African Being-with and Heidegger's Idea of Mitsein: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue

Okolo's African Being-with and Heidegger's Idea of Mitsein: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue

Citations in Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People

Inverted Disillusionment in Postcolonial African Literature

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