Setbacks in Religious Education as seen in Adichie's Purple Hibiscus and Djoleto's The Strange Man
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: : Religious education has taken multidimensional ways in the contemporary Africa and sometimes threatens children’s future. This paper expounds the setbacks in religious education as seen through Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Djoleto’s The Strange Man. Remarkably, children cope with indoctrination, hypocrisy, and an inflexible life shaped by patriarchal fathers and teachers. This work is framed with postcolonialism to assess the impact of the western ideologies in the current African society. The paper concludes that education is a weapon which can be used to change the world. This calls for seriousness, carefulness, love and respect. When it is taught wrongly, it may become a destructive weapon. Furthermore, children must be allowed to make their own path; this will favour their blossoming to good citizens.
Author: Yélian Constant AGUESSY*
Institution: Université de Parakou
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7124576564
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