Thesis Abstract

<p> African Diasporic writers have written on the experiences and social dilemma faced in their homeland and in the foreign land. It is thus against this background that this research work is based. Thus the major intention of this essay is to highlight the homeland issues and experiences of Diaspora and attendants vices that have been the major preoccupation of Teju Cole and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in their works. This work will not only highlight but also unfolds what Africans go through in the Diaspora and in their homeland. This research effort focuses attention on how African writers Teju Cole in his novel Everyday is for the thief (2007) And Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in her novel The thing around your neck (2009) project this experiences and its effects on the African bringing out its social dilemma affecting the African societies. This research study adopted sociological criticism. We discussed these experiences through focusing on African writers in Diaspora in their fictional works. <br></p>

Thesis Overview

<p> PAGES<br>Title Page i<br>Certification ii<br>Dedication iii<br>Acknowledgements iv<br>Table of Content v<br>Abstract vi<br><strong>CHAPTER ONE</strong><br>General Introduction 1<br>Statement of research problem 3<br>Purpose of the study 4<br>Scope and limitation of the study 4<br>Justification 5<br>Methodology 6<br>Structure of thesis 8 <br>WORKS CITED 9<br><strong>CHAPTER TWO</strong><br>Literature Review<br>The origin of Diasporian literature 10<br>Definitions of related terms 13<br>Tracing the experience of African in the Diaspora using 17<br>African Diasporic writers<br>Sociological theory 23<br>Works cited 26<br><strong>CHAPTER THREE</strong><br>The African Writer and social dilemma; an example of Teju 29<br>Cole’s Everyday is for the Thief<br><strong>CHAPTER FOUR</strong><br>The African Writer and Diaspora experience; an example of 36<br>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing around your Neck<br>Work citied 43<br><strong>CHAPTER FIVE</strong><br>Conclusion 44 Bibliography 48 <br></p>