Iheka Iheka
Biographic Data
| ID | 5604053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iheka Iheka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iheka |
| FAMILY NAME | Iheka |
| SIGNATURE | IHEKA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Colo-mentality: Colonial Trauma in Oyono's Houseboy and Condé's Crossing the Mangrove
This essay analyzes the traumas induced by colonial violence in Ferdinand Oyono's Houseboy and Maryse Condé's Crossing the Mangrove. Despite the differences between both texts, they are joined by their engagement with colonial violence in African societies, by their discursive inscription of trauma arising from such violence, and the way their portrayal of the severity of colonial violence shows the limits of trauma theory. Moreover, both novels'…
Nollywood and the Nigerian Dream: The Example of Teco Benson's Formidable Force
In this essay, I examine Teco Benson’s 2002 film, Formidable Force , which was released three years after the transition from military dictatorship to democratic rule in Nigeria in 1999. Specifically, I focus on how the film critiques political leadership and its insistence on patriotic and morally-responsible citizenship, as well as citizen-law enforcement collaboration as imperatives for social change in Nigeria. In proposing this reading of th…
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Nollywood and the Nigerian Dream: The Example of Teco Benson's Formidable Force
In this essay, I examine Teco Benson’s 2002 film, Formidable Force , which was released three years after the transition from military dictatorship to democratic rule in Nigeria in 1999. Specifically, I focus on how the film critiques political leadership and its insistence on patriotic and morally-responsible citizenship, as well as citizen-law enforcement collaboration as imperatives for social change in Nigeria. In proposing this reading of th…
Colo-mentality: Colonial Trauma in Oyono's Houseboy and Condé's Crossing the Mangrove
This essay analyzes the traumas induced by colonial violence in Ferdinand Oyono's Houseboy and Maryse Condé's Crossing the Mangrove. Despite the differences between both texts, they are joined by their engagement with colonial violence in African societies, by their discursive inscription of trauma arising from such violence, and the way their portrayal of the severity of colonial violence shows the limits of trauma theory. Moreover, both novels'…
African history and culture studies (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (1 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works) · Dream (1 works) · Ecology (1 works)