Product details
Publisher : Carolina Academic Press Copyright © 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5310-3642-3
eISBN: 978-1-5310-3643-0
Table of Contents
Preface xiii
INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT
ONE
Narrative and Narrator
Introduction 3
Culture, Tradition, and Perception 7
Globalization, Contradictions, and Matters Arising 14
Ideology and the Power of Philosophy 20
How to Read This Book 23
References 25
TWO
Intellectualism 27
References 50
THREE
Globalization and Developing Countries 53
References 77
PLAYS:
TROPES AND RELEVANCE
FOUR
Stolen Seeds: Fertility and Sociocultural Perception 81
References 103
FIVE
Crime, Insecurity, and the Tragedy of Conflict Entrepreneur 105
References 128
SIX
Shifting Identities and Social Damage 129
References 153
SEVEN
Culture and Identity 155
References 180
EIGHT
Archetypal Affinity: Nyatu and Moremi in Perspective 181
References 204
NINE
African Women: Power, Pride, and Participatory Economics 205
References 229
TEN
The Horrors of Genocide 231
References 255
ELEVEN
Religion, Science, and the African In-between 257
References 281
TWELVE
Athol Fugard and Doyin Aguoru 283
References 308
CONCLUSION
The Quest for Evolutionary Adjustment 309
Glocalizing Globalization 316
Africa in the World and the World in Africa 324
References 329
Acknowledgments 331
Bibliography 333
Index 339
Book Description
This book focuses on a Nigerian female playwright, Professor Doyin Aguoru, whose plays have succeeded in public spaces and have been put to classroom use in multiple universities. The book lays bare the complexion of contemporary Africa by using a body of literary creativity produced to present a balanced view of the analysis of modern Africa through a woman's voice. Central to the argument is the notion that women in Africa, like their contemporaries in other places of the world, have redefined the concept of womanhood by challenging several existential abuses of personhood that have confronted them for a long time and continued to undermine their very essence.
The narratives examined in the book consolidate the argument that women have courageously taken risks to rewrite their history by striving to establish themselves in areas otherwise reserved for their male counterparts. The process of making a significant impact is laden with enormous challenges that can bring indescribable agony when individuals fail to pursue their agendas with keen and unwavering interest. The biographies of the scholars used in this book show that they underwent several procedures that demanded personal sacrifices. In their quest to destroy hegemonic narratives woven against them and which justified unending oppressive policies against women, they faced racial and political hostility in their various destinations.
This book is part of the African World Series.
Edited by
TOYIN FALOLA, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin.
