Title:   DISPLACEMENT AND THE COMPLACENCY OF THE AFRICAN ARISTOCRATS IN NGUGI WA THIONG OS MATIGARI: AN ARCHETYPAL READING

Abstract
As terrorism erodes the ethnic cohesion of most African states in very harsh and
subtle manner, the need to identify these approaches becomes urgent. It is an
obvious fact that recent extremist attacks especially in Africa unveils an
undertone of displacement resulting sometimes in ethnic cleansing. A study of
Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s 1986 fiction, Matigari first released in Gikuyu language as
Matigari Ma Njiruungi and the relevance of the represented archetypes in these
works using the Archetypal Criticism, are the foci of this study. This work
intends to expound the identity, displacement and land archetypes which are
central to the sociocultural composition of the African continent; as well as call
attention to the backdrop of calculated attacks targeted at disheveling Nigeria
as a leeway to penetrate other nation. The era of neocolonialism in the African
polity, especially in Nigeria and Kenya, has aided and still aids attacks by violent
non-state actors. A textual analysis research approach will provide the basis for
analyzing the thoroughly the text under study, in order to establish the urgency
of a collective responsibility to ward off activities of violent non-state actors
from the African terrain once and for all.
Keywords: Displacement, Archetypes, Justice, Truth, Kenyan Aristocrats

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Publication Date: 2022-08-06