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Themes in “The Marriage of Anansewa”

February 16, 2023 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

The Marriage of Anansewa is dominated by the themes of poverty and ambition, wit and cunning, love and materialism, matchmaking, and African marital tradition.

Themes in Flora Nwapa’s “Efuru”

February 10, 2023 Hardy 0

Some of the themes in Flora Nwapa’s Efuru are the joy of motherhood, obstinacy, love, failed marriage, and clash of cultures.

Themes in Femi Osofisan’s “Women of Owu”

December 19, 2022 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

Some of the themes in Femi Osofisan’s Women of Owu include war and destruction, puppetry of humans by the gods, vengeance, fate, slavery, distortion of history, deceit, and symbiotic relationship between gods and human beings.

Content Analysis of Niyi Osundare’s “Inu Rere”

November 27, 2022 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

“Inu Rere” extols the virtue of good-naturedness or good conscience and draws attention to its benefits. The poem is quite conversational.

Thematic Analysis of Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock”

November 15, 2022 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

Themes in “The Rape of the Lock” include the themes of triviality, misplaced priorities, vanity, love, and fate.

Themes in Dele Charley’s “The Blood of a Stranger”

November 13, 2022 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

Other themes in The Blood of a Stranger include deceit, abuse of power, gullibility, patriotism, murder, and cultural rigidity.

Themes in Niyi Osundare’s “The Leader and the Led”

November 10, 2022 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

themes in “The Leader and the Led” include the themes of followership, oppression, greediness, and male dominance.

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

August 23, 2022 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

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.

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

August 1, 2022 Ridwan Adédèjì 1

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.

Themes in Ahmadou Kourouma’s Allah is Not Obliged

June 10, 2022 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

Notable themes in Allah is Not Obliged include superstition, war, power instability, religion manipulation, juvenile corruption, child-soldier phenomenon, cannibalism, and distorted fatalism.

Themes in Agostinho Neto’s THE GRIEVED LANDS OF AFRICA

November 25, 2021 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

In The Grieved Lands of Africa, there is the conveyance of issues of African sensibilities that underlie the African experience from slavery to colonialism. The poem has such themes as slavery, colonialism, grief, hope or optimism, and life.

Themes in Wole Soyinka’s THE LION AND THE JEWEL

October 29, 2021 Ridwan Adédèjì 6

Some of the themes in Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel include male chauvinism, marriage and love, deceit, modernity versus tradition, and, virility and Read More

Thematic Focus of Leopold Senghor’s BLACK WOMAN

June 6, 2021 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

The concept of beauty is the thematic preoccupation of Leopold Sedar Senghor’s Black Woman. The poem revolves round the subject of beauty. In the poem, there is a paradigm shift in the representation of beauty.

Themes in Maya Angelou’s CAGED BIRD

May 21, 2021 Ridwan Adédèjì 0

The themes in Maya Angelou’s Caged Bird are freedom versus bondage, discrimination, and unfulfilled dreams.   (1) FREEDOM VERSUS BONDAGE In Caged Bird, the poet Read More

Themes in Alex Agyei-Agyiri’s UNEXPECTED JOY AT DAWN

May 20, 2021 Ridwan Adédèjì 9

Some of the themes in Alex Agyei-Agyiri’s Unexpected Joy at Dawn include the theme of xenophobia, the theme of alienation, the theme of separation, the Read More

Themes in Chibuike Onu’s A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT

April 30, 2021 Ridwan Adédèjì 2

A prominent theme in Chibuike Onu’s A Government Driver on His Retirement is the destructive nature of uncontrolled joy and freedom. Other themes in the Read More

The Theme of Leadership in Niyi Osundare’s THE LEADER AND THE LED

April 1, 2021 Ridwan Adédèjì 2

The Leader and the Led by Niyi Osundare explores the idea of good leadership. The poem paints a picture of what an ideal leader should Read More

Themes in John Kolosa Kargbo’s LET ME DIE ALONE

March 29, 2021 Ridwan Adédèjì 5

A theme is a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work. John K. Kargbo’s Let Me Die Alone is imbued Read More

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