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A dilemma story (also dilemma tale) is an African story-form intended to provoke discussion. They are used as a form of both entertainment and instruction. [ 1 ] Unlike many other story forms, which culminate in a firm conclusion, dilemma stories are open ended, and meant to spark conversation and debate.
A domestic satire, The Dilemma of a Ghost concerns a Ghanaian student returning from education abroad with his Black American wife, and her struggle coming to terms with her cultural past in her new African home. [7] [8] Simon Gikandi writes that the play "is both structurally and thematically related to the traditional dilemma tale. By ...
Ama Ata Aidoo (March 23,1942—May 31 2023 [1]) was a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright, politician, and academic. [2] [3] She was a Secretary for Education in Ghana from 1982 to 1983 under Jerry Rawlings's PNDC administration.
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Africanist Sigrid Schmidt asserted that the tale type was particularly widespread in Southeast Africa. [9] In fact, according to her studies, the tale type 707, as well as types 706, Maiden Without Hands, and 510, Cinderella, "found a home in Southern Africa for many generations". [10] Schmidt provided the summary of two manuscript tales.
African American literature has both been influenced by the great African diasporic heritage [7] and shaped it in many countries. It has been created within the larger realm of post-colonial literature, although scholars distinguish between the two, saying that "African American literature differs from most post-colonial literature in that it is written by members of a minority community who ...
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In addition, indirect rule was favoured by the colonial authorities in West Africa as a way to reduce the cost of colonial administration. The novel is considered a work of African literary realism. Achebe's first novel, Things Fall Apart, tells the tale of Okonkwo, a leader in his community who comes into dispute with the colonial authorities.