It originated against the background of a complex history of colonization and decolonization.

African Literature 19. For example, literature in English is the subject of five chapters, and French the subject of three, while literature in Portuguese is confined to a single chapter.

Achebe exposes the inadequacies in a society which is losing its traditional moorings and also the opportunistic tendencies of the local, newly emerging politicians. The writers are concerned about the past and present history of their country and this concern is reflected in their works. Web. The social life of the traditional societies which aimed at communal consciousness has been disturbed by the entrance of the Europeans. Drama and poetry, on the other hand, were an integral part of the African heritage; they functioned within the oral tradition, contributing to ceremonial and festival occasions. Here the main concern is with the African past in Caribbean literature and its presence in Caribbean life either as a cultural and personal dichotomy or as a unifying influence. Side by side with the “ancient” pictographs and the “prehistoric” rock engravings, forms of writing were properly developed. Professor Dathorne examines the literature of Africans as spoken or written in their local languages and in Latin, French, Portuguese, and English. Achebe also takes a strongly satiric stand in A Man of the People, to show how the local traditions and customs are exploited by the modern politicians to meet their selfish needs.In all his novels, Ngugi wa Thiongo’ tries to uplift the cultural heritage of Africa by explaining the colonial subjugation to the Kenyans, by presenting before every Kenyan what he was, what he is and where he is being led into. * African literature consists of a body of work in different languages and various genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written in colonial languages (French, Portuguese, and English).

In this novel he presents the life of a young man, Waiyaki, who fails in bringing about reconciliation between traditionalism and Christianity.

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