TY - JOUR AU - Ordu, Stanley, AU - Better Odukwu, PY - 2022/12/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Racism and gender disparity in Peter Abraham's Mine Boy (1946) and Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Weep Not, Child (1964) JF - International Journal of Asian and African Studies JA - ijaas VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - Research Article DO - 10.32996/ijaas.2022.1.1.1 UR - https://al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/ijaas/article/view/4543 SP - 01-09 AB - <p>No writer operates in a vacuum, and there is a close relationship between literature and society. African writers had no other issues to focus on apart from the issues of racism, economic class, leadership, traditional African values, and some post-colonial issues which were predominant in their society. The work will use postcolonial, Marxist and sociological theories and methods in the analysis. There is a denial of rights and subjugation. Finally, since literature and society are interwoven, there is a reaction of protest from the writers as a means of protest literature.</p> ER -