John Munonye (Livres)

John Munonye Livres

John Munonye est un écrivain nigérian important dont les œuvres examinent de manière critique la position de l'homme ordinaire. Il considère avec optimisme l'environnement dialectique des traditions africaines et occidentales, suggérant que cette confrontation peut produire des résultats positifs pour les Nigérians ordinaires. Munonye dépeint souvent l'homme ordinaire comme intrinsèquement désavantagé, historiquement et actuellement, et susceptible d'être manipulé par les élites et les chefs dans le Nigeria pré- et post-colonial. Ses romans explorent les thèmes de la manipulation et des destinées défavorables auxquelles sont confrontés ceux qui occupent des positions de pouvoir.

The Only Son

In his debut novel, The Only Son, John Munonye sheds a light on how changing cultures under British colonialism inflicted deep conflict amongst the everyday people of Igboland.Recently made a widow and a single mother to her only child, Chiaku decides to move her family to a small remote village in east Nigeria where she hopes to instill in her son the importance of their culture's traditions and a devotion to the Igbo god Igwe. However, just as he begins to show promise in a religious career, a Roman Catholic missionary school opens up in their village. Although wary at first of the school's strange Western ways, Chiaku's son soon finds himself drawn to the teachings of the missionary priests there, sparking a conflict that threatens to split his small family apart...