Trauma and Dispossession in Postcolonial African Narratives: Migrant Identity in Isidore Okpewho's "Call Me By My Rightful Name" and Buchi Emecheta's "Kehinde"
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article examines how trauma, dispossession, identity, cultural hybridity, and cultural displacement affect migrant characters in postcolonial literature, focusing on Isidore Okpewho's Call Me By My Rightful Name and Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde. It examines the authors' use of narrative strategies to highlight identity crises, cultural hybridity, and the psychological consequences of displacement. Employing postcolonial theory, the article argues that transcontinental migration creates news burdens for postcolonial subjects rather than alleviating their struggles.
Author: Irene Akumbu Wibedimbom
Institution: Université de Yaoundé I
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409843796