African Culture in the Picture View of Buchi Emecheta’s

Eze Mabel Nkechinyere

doi:10.59890/ijaamr.v3i9.111

Authors

Eze Mabel Nkechinyere Lagos State University of Education

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59890/ijaamr.v3i9.111

Keywords:

African Culture, Chinua Achebe, Buchi Emecheta, Igbo Society, Literature, Tradition

Abstract

This essay looks at how African culture is expressed via prose writing in two different works: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta. The history of African culture in Nigeria was examined by the researcher. Some of the facts that depict African culture were examined in a number of critical articles. It became apparent that African culture exists within Africans, contrary to what Europeans depict to the outside world. According to the conclusion, these pieces—Things fall apart and The Joys of Motherhood—continue to serve as evidence of the existence of African culture. This is the primary perspective of the novels in this study

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