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Class Struggle A Case Study Of Festus Iyayi Violence And Animata Sow Falls The Beggers Strike
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1.4 SCOPE OF STUDY
The focus of this study is Africa,
with Senegal and Nigeria as case studies as portrayed by the duo of
Animata and Iyayi in The beggars’ strike and Violence respectively. This
research investigates how judiciously the understudied works reveal the
existence of class struggle and other sub-themes like, oppression and
negritude in the context of francophone and Anglophone Africa. The
choice of works based on Senegal and Nigeria is motivated by the fact
that, the two countries give a fair representation of West Africa,
giving the Francophone and the Anglophone point of view. This is
imperative as it is almost certainly impossible to study works from
every part of Africa considering the constraints of time and resources.
1.5 JUSTIFICATION OF STUDY
The significance of this research apart from providing a reliable
source of information for future researchers on class struggle is also
of great value in appraisal of democratic values in Africa.
Understanding the role of class struggle in society will strengthen
Africa’s nascent democracy and promote good governance.
This research
is also a celebration of artistic imagination and dexterity displayed
by these distinguished African Writers, Animata Sowfall and Festus
Iyayi.
1.6 METHODOLOGY AND THEORY
This research is
both qualitative and descriptive, with thematic analysis of the texts.
Themes of class struggle and related sub-themes like poverty, rule of
law, democracy etc were adequately analyzed.
This research is based
on the Marxist-Leninist theory of the society, which could be simply
paraphrased as: The exploiters oppress the exploited while the exploited
attempt to get ride of exploitation and the exploiters.
The sample
frame is Senegal and Nigeria which were the setting in the selected
texts, this research also made use of demographic analysis as well as a
general overview of the
Characters and the artistic styles employed by the authors.
1.6.1 DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA
SENEGAL
Senegal
a former French colony in West Africa, capital is Dakar. The current
president is Abdoulaye Wade, re-elected in March 2007.
On an Area
of 76000 sq mi bounded by Mauritania to the north, Guinea and
Guinea-Bissau to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and to the
east is Mali .On August 20, 1960 Senegal became an independent republic
with the famous Leopold Sedar Senghor as first president. Previous
unicameral system was abandoned in 2007, Senegal now run a bicameral
parliament, consisting of the National Assemble and the Senate. Senegal
is divided into 14 divisions, headed by local administrators appointed
and accountable to the president. Power is intensely centralized and
this often leads to criticism of Senegalese political structure, state
and religion are not clearly demarcated as a majorly Islamic population,
leaders of Islamic groups called the marabouts often play major role in
politics.
Senegal has a wide variety of ethnic groups and, as in
most West African countries, several languages are widely spoken. The
Wolof are the largest single ethnic group in Senegal at 43 percent; the
Fula and Toucouleur (also known as Halpulaar'en, literally
"Pulaar-speakers") (24 percent) are the second biggest group, followed
by others that include the Serer (15 percent), Lebou (10 percent), Jola
(4 percent), Mandinka (3 percent), Maures or Naarkajors, Soninke,
Bassari and many smaller communities (9 percent).
The main
industries include food processing, mining, cement, artificial
fertilizer, chemicals, textiles, refining imported petroleum, and
tourism. Exports include fish, chemicals, cotton, fabrics, groundnuts,
and calcium phosphate
Population Senegal has a population of over 12.5 million
Total GDP $13.472billion and per capita of $ 1,026 (2010 estimate)
Life expectancy 55.6 years (2008)
2010 Mo Ibrahim index of governance No.14 with a score of 56%
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The Concept of Class struggle describes the constant conflict among the existing strata in every society. The purpose of this academic research is to explore the meaning and important of class struggle in the context of the selected texts. The theoretical framework for this research is the Marxist-Leninist theory, which could be simply summarized as the reaction of the exploited to get rid of exploitation and the exploiters. Various styles used by the duo of Iyayi and Falls is described. In the ... Continue reading---
