RELIGION ET POLITIQUE DANS LE MONDE ROMANESQUE DE JEAN-PIERRE MAKOUTA-MBOUKOU
RELIGION ET POLITIQUE DANS LE MONDE ROMANESQUE DE JEAN-PIERRE MAKOUTA-MBOUKOU
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1983-06
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ADEYANJU, ABIODUN OLASUNKANMI
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J e a n - P i e r r e Makouta-Mboukou is at the same time a p o e t , a n o v e l i s t , and a l i t e r a r y c r i t i c . This study is concerned with h i s a t t i t u d e towards r e l i g i o n and p o l i t i cs
i n h i s s h o r t s t o r y , L e s I n i t i e s , and i n h i s t h r e e n o v e l s, En quete de la l i b e r t y . Le Contestant and Les E x i l e s de la f o r e t v i e r g e . Makouta-Mboukou is himself a t h e o l o g i a n , a p r a c t i s i n g c h r i s t i a n , and a former p o l i t i c i a n . He s t r o n g ly b e l i e v e s t h a t every w r i t e r should be committed and have a s e r i o u s message f o r h i s r e a d e r s ; it is h i s own message t h a t prompts t h i s study.
At the r e l i g i o u s l e v e l , Makouta-Mboukou shows t h at t h e c h r i s t i a n d o c t r i n e s are at v a r i a n c e w i t h t h e s o c i al r e a l i t i e s of A f r i c a n s and t h a t most of them are i m p o s i t i o ns of Western v a l u e s on A f r i c a n s . Besides, he a t t a c k s the members of the c l e r g y f o r not c a r r y i n g out t h e i r p a s t o r al
d u t i e s in accordance w i t h t h e i n j u n c t i o n s of J e s u s C h r i st
and condemns t h e i r c o m p l i c i t y w i t h the p o l i t i c i a n s , a c o m p l i c i t y d e t r i m e n t a l t o the c h r i s t i a n s i n p a r t i c u l a r and
t h e masses i n g e n e r a l. On t h e p o l i t i c a l s c e n e , Makouta-Mboukou shows h is b i t t e r n e s s a g a i n s t the a t r o c i t i e s committed by both the
c o l o n i a l i s t s and t h e Black r u l e r s d u r i n g t h e i r v a r i o us
r e g i m e s . He a c c u s e s t h e c o l o n i a l i s t s of economic e x p l o i t a t i o n of the Blacks, r a c i a l d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n st t h e n , as well as imprisonment and t o r t u r e of the B l a c k s.
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A thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in partial
fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Department of: FRENCH Faculty of: ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA
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RELIGION, POLITIQUE, DANS, MONDE, ROMANESQUE, JEAN, -PIERRE, MAKOUTA, -MBOUKOU