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VOL. 11, ISSUE 3 (2025)
Political Famine in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road
Authors
Dr. Kakasaheb Dhondiba Dhaygude
Abstract
Ben Okri presents the gradual degenerating
conditions of Nigerian Nationhood. He focuses on the dreams and aspirations of
the common folk of the third world from their new born nations. The idea of
nationhood is one of the most significant aspects in literary writings of the
third world countries which primarily focus on the anti-imperial freedom
movements for separate nationhood and the dreams and aspirations for the
national identity. Here literature and especially the fiction writers perform
specific role by presenting the morbid conditions of the people who have been
languishing under the atrocities of colonial masters as well as from the
injustices of the new elites. This literature succeeds in mirroring the national
life of the oppressed masses which finally result into the large-scale de-colonisation
of their mind. The works not only brought forward the pathetic condition of
their people but also fought back to the imperialist attempts of maligning the
natives as barbaric, uncultured, primitive, savage, and underdeveloped and brutes.
While foiling the Western attempts of blackening the natives and its traditions,
the writers revived their rich cultural heritage and traditions. The writers
also depict the undercurrent which is strengthening against the corrupt
authoritarian political leadership. The writers emphatically present the fast
moving freedom struggles in Asian and African countries. The present paper
critically examines the rotten political system presented by Ben Okri in his
work The Famished Road where he focuses on the frustration of dreams of Nigerian
people.
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Pages:22-24
How to cite this article:
Dr. Kakasaheb Dhondiba Dhaygude "Political Famine in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road". International Journal of English Research, Vol 11, Issue 3, 2025, Pages 22-24
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