Feminism, Africanism, and globalism : Doyin Aguoru's voices through drama /

"This book focuses on a Nigerian female playwright, Professor Doyin Aguoru, whose plays have succeeded in public spaces and have been put to classroom use in multiple Universities. The book lays bare the complexion of contemporary Africa by using a body of literary creativity produced to presen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Falola, Toyin (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, 2026.
Subjects:	Aguoru, Doyin > Criticism and interpretation. Feminism in literature. Globalization in literature. Africa > In literature. Féminisme dans la littérature. Mondialisation dans la littérature. Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.

Table of Contents:

Introduction and context: Narrative and narrator
Intellectualism
Globalization
Plays: tropes and relevance. Fertility and sociocultural perception
Crime, insecurity, and the tragedy of conflict entrepreneurs
Shifting identities and social damage
Culture and identity
Archetypal affinity: Nyatu and Moremi in perspective
African women: power, pride, and participatory economics
The horrors of genocide
Religion, science, and the African in-between
Athol Fugard and Doyin Aguoru
Conclusion. The quest for evolutionary adjustments.