Portraiture Of The Nigerian Conundrum In Ola Rotimi S The Gods Are Not To Blame

Author : Akwu Sunday Victor
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9783656717195

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Portraiture of the Nigerian Conundrum in Ola Rotimi’s "The Gods are not to Blame" by Akwu Sunday Victor Pdf

Academic Paper from the year 2014 in the subject African Studies - Literature, , language: English, abstract: This paper attempts reading Ola Rotimi’s "The Gods are not to blame" against the backdrop of the Nigerian dilemma in the contemporary times. The play first performed in the year 1968, in the heat of the Nigerian civil war is still relevant today. Many scholars viewed the work as a transplantation of Sophocle’s Oedipus Rex and underplay its powerful political message to the nascent Nigerian political class then and now. The paper examined the role of Odewale in the shaping of the Destiny of his society and how albeit with stint of tyranny champions the welfare of the state, taking blames for the decadence and the breakdown of law and cosmic order when found culpable. On the other hand, the contemporary Nigerian leaders are antithetical of Odewale, blame-games and outright refusal to be accountable, or step-down when found wanting; misappropriation, mismanagement of state and human resources are institutionalized on local and national scale. The paper above all, adumbrated some of the conundrums of Nigeria and proffered a number of useful ways by which the Odewale examples could be integrated into the Nigerian political morality, and the pitfalls to be avoided in a bid to move ahead into the state dreamt of on the 1st of October, 1960.

Author : Akwu Sunday Victor
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3656717206

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Portraiture of the Nigerian Conundrum in Ola Rotimi's the Gods Are Not to Blame by Akwu Sunday Victor Pdf

Academic Paper from the year 2014 in the subject African Studies, language: English, comment: This paper is a scholarly criticism of the nigerian politics in the context of the Nigerian drama. And it is concluded that Nigerian politicians are the cause of the cataclysmic malaise bedeviling Nigeria today., abstract: This paper attempts reading Ola Rotimi's "The Gods are not to blame" against the backdrop of the Nigerian dilemma in the contemporary times. The play first performed in the year 1968, in the heat of the Nigerian civil war is still relevant today. Many scholars viewed the work as a transplantation of Sophocle's Oedipus Rex and underplay its powerful political message to the nascent Nigerian political class then and now. The paper examined the role of Odewale in the shaping of the Destiny of his society and how albeit with stint of tyranny champions the welfare of the state, taking blames for the decadence and the breakdown of law and cosmic order when found culpable. On the other hand, the contemporary Nigerian leaders are antithetical of Odewale, blame-games and outright refusal to be accountable, or step-down when found wanting; misappropriation, mismanagement of state and human resources are institutionalized on local and national scale. The paper above all, adumbrated some of the conundrums of Nigeria and proffered a number of useful ways by which the Odewale examples could be integrated into the Nigerian political morality, and the pitfalls to be avoided in a bid to move ahead into the state dreamt of on the 1st of October, 1960.

Author : Martin Owusu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nigerian drama (English)
ISBN : 9964722222

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Analysis and Interpretation of Ola Rotimi's The Gods are Not to Blame by Martin Owusu Pdf

Author : Ola Rotimi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Drama
ISBN : UCAL:$B395259

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The Gods are Not to Blame by Ola Rotimi Pdf

An adaptation of the Greek classic Oedipus Rex, the story centres on Odewale, who is lured into a false sense of security, only to somehow get caught up in a somewhat consanguineous trail of events by the gods of the land.

Author : Ola Rotimi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Nigerian drama (English)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040473501

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Understanding The Gods are Not to Blame by Ola Rotimi Pdf

Author : Elechi Amadi
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781478635529

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The Concubine by Elechi Amadi Pdf

Amadi’s masterpiece of African literature captures village life and practices not yet touched by the white man. The novel’s beautiful, hardworking protagonist, Ihouma, is admired by all in her village. Yet those who express their love for her meet with mysterious tragedy, leaving her devastated. This enticing odyssey, where exemplary attributes go unrewarded and the boundaries between myth and reality are muted, outwits readers with unexpected twists that make them want to keep turning the page.

Author : Ola Rotimi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Nigeria
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039647750

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If by Ola Rotimi Pdf

Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101595985

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There Was a Country by Chinua Achebe Pdf

From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart—a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war For more than forty years, Chinua Achebe maintained a considered silence on the events of the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Decades in the making, There Was a Country is a towering account of one of modern Africa’s most disastrous events, from a writer whose words and courage left an enduring stamp on world literature. A marriage of history and memoir, vivid firsthand observation and decades of research and reflection, There Was a Country is a work whose wisdom and compassion remind us of Chinua Achebe’s place as one of the great literary and moral voices of our age.

Author : Femi Osofisan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Nigeria
ISBN : UCAL:B3679781

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Another Raft by Femi Osofisan Pdf

Author : W. Adebanwi,E. Obadare
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230109636

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Encountering the Nigerian State by W. Adebanwi,E. Obadare Pdf

Thisvolume advances extant reflections on the state constituted as the Ur-Power in society, particularly in Africa.It analyzes how various agents within the Nigerian society'encounter' the state - ranging from the most routine form of contact to thespectacular. While many recent collections have reheated the old paradigms - of the perils of federalism; corruption; ethnicity etc, our focus here is on encounter , that is, the nuance and complexity of how the state shapes society and vice-versa.Through this, wedepart from the standard state versus society approach that proves so limiting in explaining the African political landscape.

Author : Paul Skandera
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197860

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Phraseology and Culture in English by Paul Skandera Pdf

The proposition that there is a correlation between language and culture or culture-specific ways of thinking can be traced back to the views of Herder and von Humboldt in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is generally accepted today that a language, especially its lexicon, influences its speakers' cultural patterns of thought and perception in various ways, for example through a culture-specific segmentation of the extralinguistic reality, the frequency of occurrence of particular lexical items, or the existence of keywords or key word combinations revealing core cultural values. The aim of this volume is to explore the cultural dimension of a wide range of preconstructed or semi-preconstructed word combinations in English. The 17 papers of the volume are divided into four sections, focusing on particular lexemes (e.g. enjoy and its collocates), types of word combinations (e.g. proverbs and similes), use-related varieties (such as the language of tourism or answering-machine messages), and user-related varieties (such as Aboriginal English or African English). The sections are preceded by a prologue, tracing the development of the study of formulaic language, and followed by an epilogue, which draws together the threads laid out in the various papers. The relation between language and culture in general has been explored in a number of important works over the past ten years. However, the study of the relation between English phraseology and culture in particular has been largely neglected. This volume is the first book-length publication devoted entirely to this topic.

Author : Ademola Tokunboh Salau,Edward Ezewu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : African drama
ISBN : IND:30000022272060

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Nigerian Intellectual Culture and National Development by Ademola Tokunboh Salau,Edward Ezewu Pdf

Author : Flora Nwapa
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781478613275

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Efuru by Flora Nwapa Pdf

Appearing in 1966, Efuru was the first internationally published book, in English, by a Nigerian woman. Flora Nwapa (1931–1993) sets her story in a small village in colonial West Africa as she describes the youth, marriage, motherhood, and eventual personal epiphany of a young woman in rural Nigeria. The respected and beautiful protagonist, an independent-minded Ibo woman named Efuru, wishes to be a mother. Her eventual tragedy is that she is not able to marry or raise children successfully. Alone and childless, Efuru realizes she surely must have a higher calling and goes to the lake goddess of her tribe, Uhamiri, to discover the path she must follow. The work, a rich exploration of Nigerian village life and values, offers a realistic picture of gender issues in a patriarchal society as well as the struggles of a nation exploited by colonialism.

Author : Margherita Laera
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1350363650

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Theatre & Translation by Margherita Laera Pdf

"This timely new title in the Theatre And series explores theatre and translation's interconnectedness in representing the stories of others. Laera argues that the two practices share fundamental ethical questions which lie at the core of our multicultural societies and can teach us to practice the skills we need to empathise with perspectives and world views distant from our own. Through a wide array of examples from different languages and cultures, Laera makes the case that we should all become more familiar with how translation works and aware of its importance in today's world. Inspiring and wide-ranging, this book offers a concise but academically rigorous introduction to a complex topic. It is ideal for students of theatre, translation and adaptation."--

Author : Biodun Jeyifo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139439084

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Wole Soyinka by Biodun Jeyifo Pdf

Biodun Jeyifo examines the connections between the innovative and influential writings of Wole Soyinka and his radical political activism. Jeyifo carries out detailed analyses of Soyinka's most ambitious works, relating them to the controversies generated by Soyinka's use of literature and theatre for radical political purposes. He gives a fascinating account of the profound but paradoxical affinities and misgivings Soyinka has felt about the significance of the avant-garde movements of the twentieth century. Jeyifo also explores Soyinka's works with regard to the impact on his artistic sensibilities of the pervasiveness of representational ambiguity and linguistic exuberance in Yoruba culture. The analyses and evaluations of this study are presented in the context of Soyinka's sustained engagement with the violence of collective experience in post-independence, postcolonial Africa and the developing world. No existing study of Soyinka's works and career has attempted such a systematic investigation of their complex relationship to politics.