Monthly Archives: August, 2022

Q & A: How do men behave towards women in John Kolosa Kargbo’s “Let Me Die Alone”?

In Let Me Die Alone, the system the society is run by is designed for and by men. Senehun is a male-dominated society.

Q & A: Discuss Gbanya as a remarkable character in “Let Me Die Alone”

Gbanya is a remarkable character in John Kolosa Kargbo’s Let Me Die Alone. He is the chief of Senehun Village before the ascension of Yoko to the same throne.

Q & A: Compare and Contrast the Characters of Adah and her mother, Mrs Ofili in Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen

Adah is the main character in Second Class Citizen. The novel is in fact her story from childhood to adulthood in a gender-biased society.

Death in the Dawn by Wole Soyinka

Traveller, you must set out/At dawn./And wipe your feet upon/The dog-nose wetness of earth.

Africa by David Diop

Africa, my Africa. Africa of proud warriors in ancestral savannahs.

Ken Saro-Wiwa was just 54 years of Age When He was Hanged

Ken Saro-Wiwa was just 54 years of age when he was hanged on the premise of conspiracies authored by “brass button generals”.

Themes in Lade Worsonu’s “Raider of the Treasure Trove”

Lade Worsonu’s “Raider of the Treasure Trove” explores the themes of the destructive power of rage, the essence of life, the conceptualisation of life as a journey, the mind as a catalyst for feelings, and bliss.

“In a Kitchen Where Mama Broke the World Record” — a Nigerian Poem of Victory by Hajani Hibard

In a Kitchen Where Mama Broke the World Record Yesterday, Mama put on the green attire with a white strip Then she moved on steadfast to...

Content Analysis of Lade Worsonu’s “Raider of the Treasure Trove”

Raider of the Treasure Trove by Lade Worsonu is no doubt a strong warning about the dangers of rage and the need to eschew it in pursuit of a calm peaceful life.

Q & A: Account for the contribution of Lawyer Nweze to the plot development of “Second Class Citizen”.

Lawyer Nweze, an epitome of foreign-bred educated Igbo elite, gives Adah, the novel's protagonist heroine, a dream to hold on to and a life course to follow.

Chapter 1 Summary of Buchi Emecheta’s “Second Class Citizen”

This chapter is an expose of the circumstances surrounding Adah’s birth, the reaction of the society to the girl child and the event that inspires Adah’s dream.

Themes in Ola Rotimi’s “The Gods are not to Blame”

Some of the themes expressed in The Gods are not to Blame include predestination, manipulation, incest, suicide, patricide, anger, good leadership, blindness, the efficacy of royal utterances, women servility, responsibility, and the absence of trust.

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