African Literature – The Criterion: An International Journal in English https://www.the-criterion.com Bi-Monthly, Peer-reviewed and Indexed Open Access eJournal ISSN: 0976-8165 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:53:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.the-criterion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-02-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 African Literature – The Criterion: An International Journal in English https://www.the-criterion.com 32 32 Human Affinities to Nature and Mythic Ecological Imagination in Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God https://www.the-criterion.com/human-affinities-to-nature-and-mythic-ecological-imagination-in-chinua-achebes-arrow-of-god/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:53:58 +0000 https://www.the-criterion.com/human-affinities-to-nature-and-mythic-ecological-imagination-in-chinua-achebes-arrow-of-god/

Human Affinities to Nature and Mythic Ecological Imagination in Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God

Author: Dr Witness Mdoka

Volume: V14   |   Issue: n6   |   Month & Year: Dec 2023

Pages: 241-258

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448030

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Africa’s rich cultural heritage is reflected in literary texts as products of the African

Keywords: eco-philosophy, nature, culture, mythic ecological imagination, cosmovision.

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]]> Eco-pharmacopoeia, Animal and Plant Lore in Malawian Folktales https://www.the-criterion.com/eco-pharmacopoeia-animal-and-plant-lore-in-malawian-folktales/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:53:58 +0000 https://www.the-criterion.com/eco-pharmacopoeia-animal-and-plant-lore-in-malawian-folktales/

Eco-pharmacopoeia, Animal and Plant Lore in Malawian Folktales

Author: Dr Witness Mdoka

Volume: V14   |   Issue: n6   |   Month & Year: Dec 2023

Pages: 220-240

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448030

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This paper is a content analysis of animal and plant lore in folktales in the context of

Keywords: eco-pharmacopoeia, zoology, botany, folklore, medicines, metaphor.

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]]> Introduction To Ben Okri’s “The Famished Road” Magical Realism https://www.the-criterion.com/introduction-to-ben-okris-the-famished-road-magical-realism/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:53:58 +0000 https://www.the-criterion.com/introduction-to-ben-okris-the-famished-road-magical-realism/

Introduction To Ben Okri’s “The Famished Road” Magical Realism

Author: Atish Chandrakant Akade

Volume: V14   |   Issue: n6   |   Month & Year: Dec 2023

Pages: 209-219

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448030

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In “The Famished Road,” Ben Okri employs magical realism in a masterful way to

Keywords: Magical Realism, Ben Okri, The Famished Road, African Literature,

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]]> The Quest for Political Freedom in Prison Narratives: A Critical Reading of Helon Habila’s Waiting for an Angel https://www.the-criterion.com/the-quest-for-political-freedom-in-prison-narratives-a-critical-reading-of-helon-habilas-waiting-for-an-angel/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:53:35 +0000 https://www.the-criterion.com/the-quest-for-political-freedom-in-prison-narratives-a-critical-reading-of-helon-habilas-waiting-for-an-angel/

The Quest for Political Freedom in Prison Narratives: A Critical Reading of Helon Habila’s Waiting for an Angel

Author: Mamadou Abdou Babou Ngom

Volume: V14   |   Issue: n5   |   Month & Year: Oct 2023

Pages: 371-389

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448030

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Using as a stepping-stone Helon Habila’s Waiting for an Angel, this investigation

Keywords: Prison, freedom, justice, language, postcolonial, resistance, power.

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]]> ‘Caliban’ and ‘Ariel’ Figures in Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country: A Study of Native Characters from Postcolonial Perspective https://www.the-criterion.com/caliban-and-ariel-figures-in-alan-patons-cry-the-beloved-country-a-study-of-native-characters-from-postcolonial-perspective/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:53:35 +0000 https://www.the-criterion.com/caliban-and-ariel-figures-in-alan-patons-cry-the-beloved-country-a-study-of-native-characters-from-postcolonial-perspective/

‘Caliban’ and ‘Ariel’ Figures in Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country: A Study of Native Characters from Postcolonial Perspective

Author: Dr Shweta Saxena

Volume: V14   |   Issue: n5   |   Month & Year: Oct 2023

Pages: 362-370

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448030

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Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country is an astute representation of racial discrimination

Keywords: Racial Discrimination, Ariel, Caliban, Economic Exploitation, Apartheid

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]]> Magda as a Patriarchal Rebel in J. M. Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country https://www.the-criterion.com/magda-as-a-patriarchal-rebel-in-j-m-coetzees-in-the-heart-of-the-country/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:53:35 +0000 https://www.the-criterion.com/magda-as-a-patriarchal-rebel-in-j-m-coetzees-in-the-heart-of-the-country/

Magda as a Patriarchal Rebel in J. M. Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country

Author: Dr. Swapnila

Volume: V14   |   Issue: n5   |   Month & Year: Oct 2023

Pages: 354-361

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448030

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In J. M. Coetzee’s novel In the Heart of the Country, Magda is a complex character

Keywords: Patriarchal rebel, Identity crisis, Sexual liberation, Colonizer-colonized bond,

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]]> Emergence of Canadian and African Literature: Rising above the Shadows https://www.the-criterion.com/emergence-of-canadian-and-african-literature-rising-above-the-shadows/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:45:19 +0000 https://www.the-criterion.com/emergence-of-canadian-and-african-literature-rising-above-the-shadows/

Emergence of Canadian and African Literature: Rising above the Shadows

Author: Dr. Yashu Rai

Volume: V14   |   Issue: n3   |   Month & Year: Jun 2023

Pages: 187-196

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448030

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Keywords:

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]]> Ecodramaturgy, Weather Changes and Animals Dialogue with the Ancestors in John Gwengwe’s, play, Nyama za M’nkhalango https://www.the-criterion.com/ecodramaturgy-weather-changes-and-animals-dialogue-with-the-ancestors-in-john-gwengwes-play-nyama-za-mnkhalango/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:44:53 +0000 https://www.the-criterion.com/ecodramaturgy-weather-changes-and-animals-dialogue-with-the-ancestors-in-john-gwengwes-play-nyama-za-mnkhalango/

Ecodramaturgy, Weather Changes and Animals Dialogue with the Ancestors in John Gwengwe’s, play, Nyama za M’nkhalango

Author: Dr. Witness Mdoka

Volume: V14   |   Issue: n2   |   Month & Year: Apr 2023

Pages: 208-226

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448030

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The paper focusses on the mapping out of the contemporary environmental discourse in the

Keywords: ecodramaturgy, ecotheatre, Anthropocene, ecocriticism, animals.

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]]> Textual Foregrounding Techniques in Steve Chimombo’s Napolo and Other Poems https://www.the-criterion.com/textual-foregrounding-techniques-in-steve-chimombos-napolo-and-other-poems/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:44:53 +0000 https://www.the-criterion.com/textual-foregrounding-techniques-in-steve-chimombos-napolo-and-other-poems/

Textual Foregrounding Techniques in Steve Chimombo’s Napolo and Other Poems

Author: Moses Honde Munthali & Mwayi Augustine Chikowi

Volume: V14   |   Issue: n2   |   Month & Year: Apr 2023

Pages: 227-240

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448030

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This paper primarily examines textual foregrounding elements (techniques) employed to

Keywords: Foregrounding, Graphological, Semantic, Phonological, Lexical, Deviation,

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]]> Entropic Urban Space in Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country https://www.the-criterion.com/entropic-urban-space-in-alan-patonscry-the-beloved-country/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:44:41 +0000 https://www.the-criterion.com/entropic-urban-space-in-alan-patonscry-the-beloved-country/

Entropic Urban Space in Alan Paton’s
Cry, the Beloved Country

Author: Dr Shweta Saxena

Volume: V14   |   Issue: n2   |   Month & Year: Apr 2023

Pages: 175-184

Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10448030

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Abstract:
Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country is a narrative of land which is evident from

Keywords: Urban space, entropic, narrative, suffering, eco-critical.

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