SATIRE IN NGUGI WA THIONG’O’S MATIGARIAND WIZARD OF THE CROW

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dc.contributor.authorOMOGBEHIN, Olushola Ojonla
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-30T08:47:49Z
dc.date.available2019-01-30T08:47:49Z
dc.date.issued2018-07
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ART DEGREE IN LITERATURE IN ENGLISHen_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract This study, “Satire in Ngugi wa Thiong‟o‟s Wizard of the Crow and Matigari focuses attention on the marginalised members of the society whose expressions of dissatisfaction satirise the various activities of their leaders meant to pauperise them perpetually. This work uses Socialist Realism of Marxism to focus on how through class struggle, leadership ineptitude is ridiculed in Africa as portrayed in Wizard of the Crow andMatigari. This is because Ngugi sees class struggle, where the proletariats demanding for their right from the bourgeoisie as a way of overcoming classed society. This work uses qualitative research to situate the two books under analysis within the African context of leadership. Since this work posits that classed society is precipitated by the urge in leaders to be like their former colonial masters through accumulation of wealth to the detriment of the masses, it also sees class struggle for material needs which often leads to violence between the two economic powers as a prerequisite for a changed and free society. This work therefore explores the various struggles within Wizard of the Crow and Matigari particularly by the oppressed to expose and ridicule the nonchalant attitude of their leaders toward them and to create a society that recognises their need. It finds Wizard of the Crow and Matigarias example of satire that project the oppressed as a catalyst of change and a means of addressing inept leadership in postcolonial Africaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11121
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSATIRE,en_US
dc.subjectNGUGI WA THIONG’O’S,en_US
dc.subjectMATIGARIAND WIZARD,en_US
dc.subjectTHE CROWen_US
dc.titleSATIRE IN NGUGI WA THIONG’O’S MATIGARIAND WIZARD OF THE CROWen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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