Literature in the time of tyranny: African writers and the crisis of governance

Williams, Adebayo

doi:10.1080/01436599650035725

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“…This is in connection with their rich history of failed governance which manifests in various forms of marginalisation. While accounts of state repression (Wilkes 2014;Arthur, Angeline, Vincent et al 2013;Williams 1996) are not new to African literature, studies on African youth and political participation continue to show low turn-out in the political space. Increasingly, African youth have deployed different strategies in getting out of the failed system in which their destinies are seemingly trapped.…”

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6 - The ‘#tag Generation’: Social Media and Youth Participation in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria

Obisesan¹

2022

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This article examines the roles of social media on youth’s political participation in the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria. It interrogates the roles played by these communication tools in the emancipation and agency of youths while revealing the double-edged implications the devices may have on the democratic processes and aspirants. The article employs both primary and secondary methods of data sourcing. Primary data were obtained from in-depth interviews with social media ‘influencers’ who played vital roles during the 2019 General Election in Nigeria. Further, data were obtained from selected social media accounts of prominent politicians and analysed using content analysis. Secondary data were extracted from books, articles, newspapers and magazines. Also, the study was contextualised using use and gratification theory. The study concluded that social media played a vital role in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria. It revealed how social media contributed to citizens’ power and agency through debates and narratives which were instrumental in agenda-setting for the ruling class and citizens’ democratic expectations. Oluwasola Festus Obisesan, Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Email: obisesanoluwasolaf@yahoo.com

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6 - The ‘#tag Generation’: Social Media and Youth Participation in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria

Obisesan¹

2022

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“…Ignoring or neglecting humane practice will lead to the destruction of African cultural practices and wealth. When Williams (1976) confirms the issue of losing one's culture, he argues that when people lose their history, they perish. The people from Moelelwa's community did not take into consideration the fact that every individual is a product of its community.…”

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Stereotyping in the novel Moelelwa: The dichotomy between laziness and maternal duties

Makgabo

Ramagoshi

Zondi

2021

South African Journal of African Languages

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Some Sepedi authors perceive women as having to be confined to the home to only perform maternal duties, and women are ridiculed for not being able to fulfill the responsibilities of womanhood. This perception extends to community members who criticise women for not living up to ethnic and cultural expectations. Some books which portray women negatively are still prescribed and read in schools and universities, thereby perpetuating these stereotypes among the youth. This article aims at establishing whether or not laziness is a hindrance to maternal duties and to compare it with modern society's expectations of married women. The ethnographic design and comparative analyses were used in which Moelelwa, as a character, served as a guide for understanding the issue of stereotyping women and laziness in the past and in the modern era. The cultural theory which discusses how cultural values and rituals play an important role in acculturation and enculturation processes has been employed for comparison between Sepedi, seSwati and modern cultural ways of being. The findings show that women in traditional settings are subjected to this labelling, whereas modern career women avoid this criticism by making use of helpers in their homes. The study illustrates that women are not necessarily lazy if they do not perform their domestic roles. The recommendation is that some of the Sepedi classics could be revived by being used in comparative studies as was done with Moelelwa.

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“…It is to this epochal intervention that Africa owes the emergence of its contemporary nation-states. Modern African literature also owes its existence to the phenomenon of colonialism" (Williams 1998: 16). This critique of the critical reception of modern African poetry has drawn attention to the urgency of producing relevant knowledge in the criticism of African poetry, especially as the critical engagement with African poetry stands to benefit from the critical assumptions associated with the emergent postcolonial literary theory, which recognises the peculiar sociocultural experiences in the postcolonial world. …”

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The Critical Reception of Modern African Poetry

Okunoye¹

2004

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Literature in the time of tyranny: African writers and the crisis of governance

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

6 - The ‘#tag Generation’: Social Media and Youth Participation in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria

6 - The ‘#tag Generation’: Social Media and Youth Participation in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria

Stereotyping in the novel Moelelwa: The dichotomy between laziness and maternal duties

The Critical Reception of Modern African Poetry

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