Feminism literary criticism is literary criticism informed by feminist theory or by politics of feminism. The novel Coming to Birth is a fiction based on the actual events in colonial and postcolonial Kenya that took place between 1956 and 1978. Macgoye uses the actual names of political leaders, for instance Jomo Kenyatta, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, […]
Characters serves as driving force in literature, Characters illustrate and personify the theme of the story. Characters push and create the plot of the story. Readers of literature can experience world of the writer or narrator through characters interact in the environment and the way the characters view the environment. The types of characters that […]
Coming to Birth was first published in 1986, written by Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye. Marjorie was a British Kenyan who settled in Kenya and integrated among Luo community in the country, like Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s work Marjorie’s work is among the celebrated literature in Kenya and Africa in general, her books are among those that are obligatory […]
The Bantu people are the speakers of Bantu languages. Most of the Bantu speakers in Eastern Africa originated from Central Africa. Bantus are currently spread out in African Great Lakes, Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. The term Bantu might originated from the fact of how Bantu speakers commonly refers to humanity. The speakers […]
Despite repeated claims by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government that Boko Haram terrorists have been degraded and confined to the North-east alone, recent revelations by some Nigerian state governors give cause for worry. The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, had said that the Boko Haram terrorist group had since been defeated but the […]
These head states claims they are serving out of wills of their people. Some organize elections which are marred by irregularities and others choose to be the only candidates in the ballot papers. Below are the longest serving leaders in Africa. 1. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo – 42 years Equatorial Guinea’s President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema […]
Scientists have discovered oldest known human burial. A child who was 2 or 3 years old was discovered buried in a shallow grave under the sheltered overhang of a cave78,000 years ago, at a cave site called Panga ya Saidi near the Kenyan coast. They nicknamed the youngster ‘Mtoto,’ meaning ‘child’ in Swahili. “This is […]
The third Friday of May is celebrated as endangered species Day across the globe. This day increases awareness about these species that are about to disappear from the face of the earth and need to save them. 1. Rhinoceros Rhinoceros is commonly known as Rhino. There are five species of rhinos, each one with distinct characteristics. […]
In Ethiopia there are number of communities with interesting as well as you can say, primitive cultures. The Bodi lives in the remote corner of Ethiopia’s Omo valley, For the Bodi or Me’en people of Ethiopia being fat is a competitive event. This ritual sees young men take honey, cow’s blood and milk in a […]
The demise of sacred mugumo tree (Ficus natalensis) in Kikuyu culture is symbolic that foretells incoming tragedy, end or beginning of an era. Mugumo tree grows upward, others are strangler figs that grows from seeds that falls on others. Mugumo trees offers a lifeline habitats for birds, fruit bats and monkeys. The roots (aerial roots) […]
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