Al-Mutsla: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Keislaman dan Kemasyarakatan
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Al Mutsla : Jurnal Al Mutsla Desember 2022

A QUEST FOR A BETTER LIFE AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN BAUCHI EMECHETER’S "SECOND CLASS CITIZEN"

Musa Habib Musa (Department of English and Literary Studies Bauchi State University, Gadau-Nigeria)
Muhammad Muhktar (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Dec 2022

Abstract

Many black Africans migrate to Europe in search of a better life. However, they face different challenges in the process such as racism, rape, and lack of accommodation in Europe. Thus, this study aims at examining how the quest for a better life and racial discrimination is portrayed in Buchi Emecheter’s Second Class Citizen. The study adopts psychoanalysis theory to analyze the data. The findings of the study show that many Africans consider Europe as heaven, as a source of happiness as a place of freedom and enjoyment while Nigeria and Africa at large as hell. As a result, they want to go and have a better life in the West. Also, the findings show the extent to which Black Africans are racially discriminated against there. They are considered inferior, and unimportant by the whites, and nobody wants to even associate with them. The study identifies some implications of the findings and makes some recommendations for further studies.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

almutsla

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Subject

Religion Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

Description

Jurnal Al Mutsla The journal contains many variants of the field Research and many variants of Islamic studies, among others Islamic education, the Shariah, Islamic thought, Study Al Quran and Hadits, Islamic economi, Islamic studies, Sosial Islamic and other general ...