Cultural Dynamics In Buchi Emechta’s The Bride Price And The Slave Girl
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Africa has got a rich and unique cultural heritage. The elders of the community pass over the African culture to the younger generation orally and through the written form. Africa being colonised by the European noticed a shift of culture. The impact of alien culture on African culture was visible during the phase of colonisation. Cultural hegemony is the main component of European culture. Cultural hegemony is infused into the African culture. Homi K. Bhabha’s theory of hybridity and mimcry is visible in Buchi Emechta’s The Bride Price and The Slave Girl. Her protagonist Aku-nna and Obejeta symbolises cultural exchange.
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