Babacar Diakhaté
Laboratoire d’Études africaines et postcoloniales, Université Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar, Sénégal

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Colonial and Neocolonial Domination and Alienation: Consequences and Strategies of Resistance in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s and Mecere Githae Mugo’s the Trial of Dedan Kimathi (1976) Babacar Diakhaté
Britain International of Humanities and Social Sciences (BIoHS) Journal Vol 3 No 1 (2021): Britain International of Humanities and Social Sciences, February
Publisher : Britain International for Academic Research (BIAR) Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/biohs.v3i1.351

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Many African political officials have become famous for their political actions, determination, and strong commitment against colonialism, imperialism and even neo-colonialism. In Kenya, Ngugi WA Thiong’o and Mecere Githae Mugo fictionalize the story of Dedan Kimathi. The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (1976) retraces the life of the hero, Kimathi, who leads the Mau Mau movement against British colonizers. Kimathi is imprisoned because of his own brother Wambararia who betrays his people to become free. Whites’ collaborators and neo-colonial actors such as politicians, Business executives and the Church do not succeed to persuade Kimathi to accept the collaborationist option and stop the struggle.
Traditional Education: Methods and Finality in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958) and Arrow of God (1969) Babacar DIAKHATÉ
Budapest International Research and Critics in Linguistics and Education (BirLE) Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2021): Budapest International Research and Critics in Linguistics and Education, Februa
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/birle.v4i1.1545

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Before colonization, Africans had their own ways and methods of education. Its finality was to educate their children in accordance with African values.  In Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God, Chinua Achebe shows that African traditional education plays a key role in the passage from childhood to adulthood. Instead of using western materials and tools such as classrooms, blackboards, talks and or pens, in African traditional education the fireplaces, the farms, storytelling, tales and proverbs were the methods and means that African wise people adopted to educate their children.