Ashenafi Belay Adugna
Biographic Data
| ID | 9239752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ashenafi Belay Adugna |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ashenafi Belay |
| FAMILY NAME | Adugna |
| SIGNATURE | ADUGNA A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jimma University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2505-0608 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“A wife is the earth itself”
This study offers a postcolonial ecofeminist critique of Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible , chosen for its insightful exploration of the intertwined exploitation of women and nature within the colonial and patriarchal structures of the Congo. Through a close reading of the novel's representation of both the Congolese landscape and its female characters, the paper analyzes how Kingsolver critiques colonialism by drawing a parallel between…
Ecological sensibility and the pursuit of progress in Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow
Postcolonial nations often grapple with the intricate balance between development and environmental sustainability. This study adopts a postcolonial ecocritical framework to explore the nuanced relationship between these themes in Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow. Through detailed textual analysis, it investigates how the novels depict the ecological consequences of colonial and neocolonial practices in …
The discourse of ecological proximity in The Famished Road and Wizard of the Crow
This study explicates the discourse of ecological proximity embedded in two postcolonial African novels. It employed ecocritical theory informed by posthumanism, ‘aesthetics of proximity’ (Iheka, 2018) and postcolonial ecocriticism as critical venture to undertake analysis. The novels targeted in the study, The Famished Road, and Wizard of the Crow, were purposely selected owing to their thematic preoccupation and stylistic convergence pertinent …
Towards Ecopoetics of Loss in Ethiopian Poetry
This study explores how two poems respond to Lake Haramaya’s demise. Employing affective ecocriticism as a framework and using close reading as a method, it examines how Ekeraa Haramaya and Deg Ayberekitim depict the loss, criticise anthropocentrism, and envision ecological responsibility. The analysis reveals that the poems do not simply mourn the loss; they envision the lake’s return and urge action. While Ekeraa Haramaya criticises human apath…
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The discourse of ecological proximity in The Famished Road and Wizard of the Crow
This study explicates the discourse of ecological proximity embedded in two postcolonial African novels. It employed ecocritical theory informed by posthumanism, ‘aesthetics of proximity’ (Iheka, 2018) and postcolonial ecocriticism as critical venture to undertake analysis. The novels targeted in the study, The Famished Road, and Wizard of the Crow, were purposely selected owing to their thematic preoccupation and stylistic convergence pertinent …
Towards Ecopoetics of Loss in Ethiopian Poetry
This study explores how two poems respond to Lake Haramaya’s demise. Employing affective ecocriticism as a framework and using close reading as a method, it examines how Ekeraa Haramaya and Deg Ayberekitim depict the loss, criticise anthropocentrism, and envision ecological responsibility. The analysis reveals that the poems do not simply mourn the loss; they envision the lake’s return and urge action. While Ekeraa Haramaya criticises human apath…
“A wife is the earth itself”
This study offers a postcolonial ecofeminist critique of Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible , chosen for its insightful exploration of the intertwined exploitation of women and nature within the colonial and patriarchal structures of the Congo. Through a close reading of the novel's representation of both the Congolese landscape and its female characters, the paper analyzes how Kingsolver critiques colonialism by drawing a parallel between…
Ecological sensibility and the pursuit of progress in Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow
Postcolonial nations often grapple with the intricate balance between development and environmental sustainability. This study adopts a postcolonial ecocritical framework to explore the nuanced relationship between these themes in Zakes Mda’s The Heart of Redness and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow. Through detailed textual analysis, it investigates how the novels depict the ecological consequences of colonial and neocolonial practices in …
Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ecocriticism (2 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 works)