Anthills of the Savannah

Carroll, David

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“…The work differs from the aforementioned in that it handles three different authors who consciously and/or unconsciously modify the English language to transmit their messages. These authors are Achebe (1982), Asong (1995), andTah (2015), all from West Africa. In addition, Tah (2015) consciously conveys the complex linguistic situation that arises when English is used alongside French, another European language, in a bilingual environment as Cameroon.…”

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“…The Crown of Thorns (1995) and The Immortal Seed (2015) respectively. At Acrolectal level, Achebe (1982) readily grafts some words, which have come into his characters' vocabulary from other languages in order to attain authenticity, local colour and characterization. These lexical items include: "Kabisa", "Ise", and "Wahala".…”

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“…Besides grafting, Achebe (1982) equally delves into Acrolectal English at a phonological level, since the political elite master English, and operate at a high Acrolectal level. In this light, they can pun to criticize themselves, and sometimes cause humour, even if it is grim humour.…”

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Levels of English and Identity in Some Selected Texts from African Commonwealth Literary Discourse

Maiwong

2023

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This work shows that African Commonwealth writers in their use of the English language have the possibility of deploying the three levels of English language identifiable in the African Commonwealth, in order to convey a veritable African experience with the needed authenticity. These levels include Acrolectal English, Mesolectal English, and Basilectal English. By using data from African Commonwealth Literary Discourse, selected from the writings of Achebe (1982), Asong (1995), and Tah (2015), and basing the analysis on structural linguistics, semiology, and Critical Discourse Analysis strands, the work proves that African Commonwealth writers succeed in this endeavor to varying degrees. It also establishes with empirical evidence that by using strategies like grafting, code-switching, code-mixing, punning, transliteration, intertextuality, and interdiscursivity, African Commonwealth writers through language competence can always meet their objectives. The work ascertains that the effective use of Acrolectal English helps in characterization, social criticism and creation of humour rather than a usurpation of the speech of characters, and that various forms of both Mesolectal English and Basilectal English often lead to a redefinition of identity. Thus, modern African Commonwealth writers who operate only at a single level of English language do so to their detriment, and risks degenerating into a startling anachronism.

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Levels of English and Identity in Some Selected Texts from African Commonwealth Literary Discourse

Maiwong

2023

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“…The New Testament required a more enlightened, more refined, more loving even, strategy ostensibly, that is. (Achebe, 1987: p. 92) Ikem is, remarkably, the most outstanding male character in the novel. It is in his strong speeches and writings that we read Achebe's messages onthe role of women.…”

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Women Roles and Conditions in Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come and Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah

Nkouka

2023

Int. j. soc. sci. humanit. invent.

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This paper examines the portrayal of women in Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come and Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah. The objective is to show the ways women are considered and treated. This study is exerted within a literary frame, thus, in order to analyze the issue of women roles and conditions, and to establish a better understanding of the topic, the research methodologies applied include the analytical and the descriptive paradigms; the sociological approach and gender theory are the suitable for this study. The analysis results in men’s believe in their superiority over women. This fact dominates the public sphere, and makes sex a principle in defining gender roles. The novels selected deal with African women who endure all forms of subjugation, persecution, and humiliation. The authors assign powerful roles to women and make them stand against male chauvinism to exemplify the concept of new women. They fight against any behaviour and traditions that existed in the past and oppressed women.

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“…Chinua Achebe (1987) wrote in his novel, Anthills of the Savannah, that in a battle, some people have been given the gift of leadership, the gift of summoning others to rise to sounding of a battle; others have been given the gifts of being warriors, the gift of joining to fight the battle. Yet others have been given the gift of waiting for the battle to end, the gift of telling the story of the battle.…”

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Dear Health Promotion Scholar: Letters of Life From, for, and About Black Women in Academia

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Sims

2022

Health Promotion Practice

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Black women are change agents actively working within their power to combat systemic racism in academia, while constantly battling injustices. Understanding lived realities and experiences of racial ethnic minority women as “outsiders within” is crucial for confronting long-standing racism embedded within academic spaces. Institutions may be outwardly addressing racial injustice, and perpetuating injustices internally, whether known or unknown. Using a relational dialectics framework and letter writing style, the purpose of this commentary is to describe the complexities present in experiences of Black women as they navigate academia as change agents, from the perspectives of tenure track and tenured faculty members in predominately White institutions. Black women academics contend with the push and pull of being in relationship with students, colleagues, and predominately White institutions; these tensions illuminate the experience of both/and-ness creating a constant presence of uncertainty/certainty, pushing/pivoting, and conforming/disrupting among others. Black women faculty are actively working to overcome barriers in research and practice and actively recognizing how racism is acting in academic settings. Black women are dealing with their own personal/professional situations, while also advocating interpersonally through mentorship, institutionally through incorporating underrepresented voices in research/practice, and strategically through addressing policies prompting action. This commentary shares the breadth, scope, and uniqueness of Black women experiences in higher education. This article concludes with implications for practice, including utilizing dialectic introspection to illuminate Black women, disrupting the norm by utilizing letters to center Black women, and building collectives to foster connections.

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Anthills of the Savannah

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Levels of English and Identity in Some Selected Texts from African Commonwealth Literary Discourse

Levels of English and Identity in Some Selected Texts from African Commonwealth Literary Discourse

Women Roles and Conditions in Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come and Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah

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