Title:   FEMALE SEX-SLAVERY IN CHIKA UNIGWE'S ON BLACK SISTERS' STREET AND CHRIS ABANI'S BECOMING ABIGAIL

Abstract
Migration is a practice that is as old as humankind. One of the foremost reasons that engender it is the search for a better existence than what is obtainable in the migrant's present domain. This paper critically examines Chika Unigwe's On Black Sisters' Street and Chris Abani's Becoming Abigail to examine female trafficking as a form of forced migration that is neo-slavery in nature. Female trafficking, otherwise called sex slavery, is maintained on a network of power that subjects the victim to gross inhuman treatment and excessive objectification. This paper, therefore, engages the life of the sex-slaves in the selected texts in their disillusionment and helplessness. The paper will further explore the cyclic violence that is inescapable for the victims of sex slavery.
Keywords: Sex-slavery, female trafficking, migration, erasure, On Black Sisters' Street, Becoming Abigail

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Publication Date: 2022-03-03