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Rodney is a neo- Marxist and non- imperialist writer, meaning he views oppression of Africans rooted in the hands of the colonial capitalist activities in Africa and the suffering of Africans premised in the imperialistic activities of Europeans in Africa. His critical work helps in the debate on the definition of African literature, for he brings out the historical connection that makes it possible to analyse African literature dealing with the pre- colonial and post- colonial phases of African

Man’s quest for the one and absolute truth which will serve as the centre for all his questions, answers, visions, revisions, doubts, discourse, thesis and hypothesis has led him to formulate new ways, discover new methods, and innovate new process in hope of using them as rungs for the one great ladder which will take him to that elusive centre of impeccable knowledge. That centre or fountainhead of all knowledge should be an all encompassing and all-transcending and completely independent entity

Mke-si-mume: Neocolonialism and Sexual Practice in Kenya The Republic of Kenya, voted one of the top five hottest tourist attractions in the world and labeled as one of the most promising and developing third world countries in Africa. This beautiful country has been a source of major controversy and debate as it takes a step into the 21st century. The topic of discussion that has sparked such great interest ranging from the President of Kenya up until the United Nations is the subject of homosexuality

Alexander is basically a poet who writes fictions as well. Her excellence lies in the deft use of symbols so intricately networked into her writing that it becomes artfully evocative and suggestive. At times the images and symbols become very private and then the readers are teased into guessing and coming to their own meanings. Meena Alexander’s achingly spare poetry is precise, intense and critically self-conscious. She employs very few words to create highly abstract metaphors. She then evokes

English as a global language English is spoken in most parts of the world, for instance in Great Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and in many more countries. Moreover in African states English serves as main form of communication. English is, after the Chinese one, the language most people speak and it is the most popular second language and foreign language pupils learn in school. The English language is often named as a “killer language” that wipes out smaller languages

2 D. Chinua Achebe Quoted by Simon Gikandi as the writer who ‘‘invented African literature’’ (ix), Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) was born in Eastern Nigeria as Albert Chinualumogu. Achebe’s childhood is notable because his father was a converted Christian but his other family members used to follow traditional African Igbo religion. He reveals that the cross cultures of his childhood gave him advantages as a writer as he was moved by the poetry of Christianity as well as the thing that Christianity

Introduction Sharks, skates, beams and figments together include the chondrichthyan angles a gathering of around 1000 species that has continued for no less than 400 million years, rendering them one of the most established surviving vertebrate gatherings on the planet (Boris Worm et al., 2013). As of late, be that as it may, the worldwide development of angling, combined with Chondrichthyes' generally moderate development and conceptive rates, have brought about the dynamic exhaustion of populaces

Marginalization is the social process of being relegated to the fringe of society. One such example of marginalization is the marginalization of women. This paper is an attempt to explore the Ibo culture and to discuss women as a marginalized group in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. Things Fall Apart is a 1958 English novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Achebe is indebted to Yeats for the title as it has been taken from Yeats’ poem The Second Coming. Achebe is a fastidious, skillful artist

Chinua Achebe's works reveal the sustaining relevance of "the sacred" to his audience and invite his readers to consider the metamorphosis of sacred tropes from traditional to colonial times.  The mask in Achebe's novels Things Fall Apart and No Longer At Ease is one of a number of tropes which represent the shifting of the locus of "the sacred" from community to individual.  This trope, and others like it, reflects upon the way in which European influence has directed the social significance

1. Introduction Financial risk is a major concern world-wide and there are numerous studies to support the necessity to investigate it. Lee (2006) defines financial risk as the additional risk that the firm’s stockholders bear when the firm is financed with debt as well as equity. Clarke (2010) explains that the recent turmoil, bank-runs, global equities sell-off and the “credit crunch” demonstrate sophisticated and interconnected nature of the financial markets making