A Dance of Masks: Senghor, Achebe, SoyinkaThis text searches for themes about African self-identity by exploring images of the mask in the poetry of Senghor, the fiction of Achebe, and the drama of Soyinka. It focuses on the mask as a concept - an interplay that involves the mask and its wearer. |
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Achebe's Adenebi African Literature African mask African writer ambivalent ancestors Anomy Arrow Arrow of God become Bero black milk Black Orpheus black woman blood celebrates Chaka Chants d'ombre Chants pour Signare character Childhood Kingdom Chinua Achebe Christian civilization clan colonial conflict corruption critics culture dance Daodu dead death Demoke drum Elégie Ethiopiques Europe European Ezeulu father Femme noire Forests French gods Heinemann Hosties noires human Idanre Kharibu's Kongi Kongi's Harvest Léopold Sédar Senghor Léopold Senghor London Longer at Ease Madame Tortoise Madmen and Specialists man's mother Naëtt Nanga Negritude Nigeria novel Obi's Odili Ogun Okonkwo Okperi past play poet poet's political priest Princess Professor race religion rhythm ritual road role sacred Senegal Senghor's poetry society song spirit symbol themes Things Fall tion totem traditional Umuaro Umuofia University Press village violence Winterbottom Wole Soyinka words Yoruba