African dreamers' redefinition of home and the shame of return in imbolu mbue's behold the dreamers
Other Title(s)
La redéfinition du chez-soi par les rêveurs Africains et la honte du retour dans Behold the Dreamers d’Imbolo Mbue
Joint Authors
Khanfar, Abd al-Minim
Sadun, Farida
Source
Issue
Vol. 8, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2022), pp.683-701, 19 p.
Publisher
Larbi Ben M'hidi University-Oum El-Bouaghi Faculty of Letters and Languages
Publication Date
2022-12-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
19
Main Subjects
Arts & Humanities (Multidisciplinary)
Topics
Abstract EN
This article investigates questions related to African immigrants' displacement, home and diaspora and their impact on identity construction and distortion of Nigerian immigrants though the examination of Imbolo Mbue's novel Behold the Dreamers (2016).
In her novel, Mbue investigated the destructive effects of immigration on Wanderers across borders and the impact this movement has on their perception and that of natives of home and identity which are going through a perpetual redefinition.
African authors took on their shoulders the responsibility of tackling such vague and slippery topics such as identity, defining home and the shame of return to one's origins.
Mbue's novel can be considered as a mirror of the African society in the general and the Nigerian one in particular which is chosen in this article to explore the cultural outcomes of immigration on immigrants and the hurdles they have to surmount to quench their thirst for the American Dream.
They all looked beyond the borders of Africa toward the over there and the elsewhere in a quest for a cultural identity for black people.
This paper examines the Double Consciousness Nigerian immigrants suffer from which transform them into scattered souls between two Homes.
In order to thoroughly analyze the novel, New Historicism literary approach is used in order to provide an eclectic and holistic perspective of immigration, search for home and identity.
Post-colonial theory was also used in order to highlight alterity and subordination of the African subject in his quest for identification with the white men's cultural values.
At the end of this paper, we realize the renunciations African Dreamers have to deal with in their pursuit of happiness and it also shows that home is ubiquitous and nowhere at the same time.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khanfar, Abd al-Minim& Sadun, Farida. 2022. African dreamers' redefinition of home and the shame of return in imbolu mbue's behold the dreamers. Revue De El-Nas،Vol. 8, no. 2, pp.683-701.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1487903
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khanfar, Abd al-Minim& Sadun, Farida. African dreamers' redefinition of home and the shame of return in imbolu mbue's behold the dreamers. Revue De El-Nas Vol. 8, no. 2 (2022), pp.683-701.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1487903
American Medical Association (AMA)
Khanfar, Abd al-Minim& Sadun, Farida. African dreamers' redefinition of home and the shame of return in imbolu mbue's behold the dreamers. Revue De El-Nas. 2022. Vol. 8, no. 2, pp.683-701.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1487903
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
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Record ID
BIM-1487903