The Post-independece Anomaly In Africa Focus On Legson Keyiras The Detainee And Amu Djelotos Money Galore As Example

Post-independence Anglophone African novelists used their works not only tornreflect the hopes in their respective societies but also to attack the abuses thatrnnullified the hopes of their people right after the euphoria of independence. This isrnapplicable across East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, and Southern Africa.rnThis study investigates two novels The Detainee (Southern Africa) and Money Galorern(West Africa) by Legson Keyira and Amu Djeloto respectively within the frameworkrnof the post-independence anomaly. These novels from many voices allow a glimpsernof different arenas affecting contemporary reality.rnStructurally, the study is classified into four chapters. Chapter One deals with arnbrief socio-historical background of Africa. As African literature exists in arnhistorical continuum, it is impossible to separate African literature from its history.rnThus, this part gives a cursory review of the historical matrices of Africa rangingrnfrom pre-colonial to the post-colonial periods.rnChapter Two reviews some of the thematic trends of development in AnglophonernAfrican novel like idealization of the past, protest against colonialism and postrnindependence disillusionment.rnChapter Three deals with the analysis of the selected novels separately with accentrnon themes with which the writers are preoccupied especially how they explore thernpost-independence anomaly of their respective countries in particular Africa inrngeneral under the themes of the dashed hopes, corruption, dictatorship, ordeals ofrnintellectuals, cultural conflict and the representation of women.rnChapter Four recapitulates the comparative analysis of the selected novels. Therncomparative approach reveals that these novels have an identifiable thematicrnintertextuality and difference as well. In both novels, corruption, the intellectualrnordeals and dictatorship are portrayed though their way of portrayal is different.rnApart from this, these novels have noteworthy differences in the themes of culturalrnconflict exclusive to The Detainee and women’s representation to Money Galore. Thernfindings of the study, in response to the thematic preoccupations of the novels,rncorruption, ordeals of intellectuals, dictatorship, cultural conflict, thernrepresentation of women are the causes that make the independence of Malawi andrnGhana in particular and Africa in general anomalous.

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