He tossed from one side to the next; he sighed, he got up and rummaged in the plastic box for tab... more He tossed from one side to the next; he sighed, he got up and rummaged in the plastic box for tablets, for a headache and nerves. I lay on the same bed watching him in the dark. The luminous hands of the alarm dock pointed eerily to 4. When he turned the radio on, I got out of bed. There wasn\u27t much I could do for him. His beloved was dying and he was grieving for her - on my bed
I was born at Tamilnadu in India, gained my Master\u27s degree at Madras University and my Ph.D. ... more I was born at Tamilnadu in India, gained my Master\u27s degree at Madras University and my Ph.D. at Flinders University of South Australia. I married a Nigerian and now teach English at the University of ]os in Nigeria
Northern Nigerian novelist, short-story writer, and essayist Zaynab Alkali brought a fresh voice ... more Northern Nigerian novelist, short-story writer, and essayist Zaynab Alkali brought a fresh voice and a new dimension to women’s writing in Africa in the early 1980s. Alkali explores women’s worlds through their fantasies, dreams, and inner conflicts. She denies being a feminist; however, the women protagonists in her novels have a spiritual independence that is latent at the beginning and later asserts itself—sometimes after they have gone through a series of travails—and they emerge with a strong sense of self. A winsome humility and modesty, combined with a quiet determination to succeed, distinguish these women. Tradition and custom play a crucial role in shaping the destinies of Alkali’s heroines, who are bound by the expectations of behavior appropriate to their gender. Education brings with it emancipation and the ability to look to the future with maturity and strength. Zaynab Tura-Mazila was born on 3 February
It is assumed that before about the middle of the seventeenth century the symbol of the child or ... more It is assumed that before about the middle of the seventeenth century the symbol of the child or indeed any sort of awareness of childhood was non-existent in the Western world, the child being then a shadowy figure, existing in the periphery, unimportant, therefore unattended. 'Rational man in conflict with an impersonal universe was the theme of pre-romantic literature,' writes the critic of Henry James, 'the unformed, unthinking child had no role to play in it.'^ Peter Covene/s observation on the treatment of children as subsidiary elements in an adult world is that 'until the last decades of the eighteenth century the child did not exist as an important and continuous theme in English literature/^ Not only among literateurs but even among social historians, the child seems to have been rated insignificant. Peter Laslett, while recognizing the fact that children were abundantly present in preindustrial times, notes, This serial is available in Kunapipi: http:/...
I was born at Tamilnadu in India, gained my Master's degree at Madras University and my Ph.D.... more I was born at Tamilnadu in India, gained my Master's degree at Madras University and my Ph.D. at Flinders University of South Australia. I married a Nigerian and now teach English at the University of ]os in Nigeria. This serial is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol16/iss1/62
The caption under the wedding photograph in the local newspaper read, \u27Claude hooks Hope,\u27 ... more The caption under the wedding photograph in the local newspaper read, \u27Claude hooks Hope,\u27 as a matronly and obviously pregnant Hope, in white wedding dress and veil, stuffed a much-too-large piece of cake into the mouth of a bewildered and be-gloved Claude. Hope looked triumphant as the one who had \u27hooked\u27 Claude
He tossed from one side to the next; he sighed, he got up and rummaged in the plastic box for tab... more He tossed from one side to the next; he sighed, he got up and rummaged in the plastic box for tablets, for a headache and nerves. I lay on the same bed watching him in the dark. The luminous hands of the alarm dock pointed eerily to 4. When he turned the radio on, I got out of bed. There wasn\u27t much I could do for him. His beloved was dying and he was grieving for her - on my bed
I was born at Tamilnadu in India, gained my Master\u27s degree at Madras University and my Ph.D. ... more I was born at Tamilnadu in India, gained my Master\u27s degree at Madras University and my Ph.D. at Flinders University of South Australia. I married a Nigerian and now teach English at the University of ]os in Nigeria
Northern Nigerian novelist, short-story writer, and essayist Zaynab Alkali brought a fresh voice ... more Northern Nigerian novelist, short-story writer, and essayist Zaynab Alkali brought a fresh voice and a new dimension to women’s writing in Africa in the early 1980s. Alkali explores women’s worlds through their fantasies, dreams, and inner conflicts. She denies being a feminist; however, the women protagonists in her novels have a spiritual independence that is latent at the beginning and later asserts itself—sometimes after they have gone through a series of travails—and they emerge with a strong sense of self. A winsome humility and modesty, combined with a quiet determination to succeed, distinguish these women. Tradition and custom play a crucial role in shaping the destinies of Alkali’s heroines, who are bound by the expectations of behavior appropriate to their gender. Education brings with it emancipation and the ability to look to the future with maturity and strength. Zaynab Tura-Mazila was born on 3 February
It is assumed that before about the middle of the seventeenth century the symbol of the child or ... more It is assumed that before about the middle of the seventeenth century the symbol of the child or indeed any sort of awareness of childhood was non-existent in the Western world, the child being then a shadowy figure, existing in the periphery, unimportant, therefore unattended. 'Rational man in conflict with an impersonal universe was the theme of pre-romantic literature,' writes the critic of Henry James, 'the unformed, unthinking child had no role to play in it.'^ Peter Covene/s observation on the treatment of children as subsidiary elements in an adult world is that 'until the last decades of the eighteenth century the child did not exist as an important and continuous theme in English literature/^ Not only among literateurs but even among social historians, the child seems to have been rated insignificant. Peter Laslett, while recognizing the fact that children were abundantly present in preindustrial times, notes, This serial is available in Kunapipi: http:/...
I was born at Tamilnadu in India, gained my Master's degree at Madras University and my Ph.D.... more I was born at Tamilnadu in India, gained my Master's degree at Madras University and my Ph.D. at Flinders University of South Australia. I married a Nigerian and now teach English at the University of ]os in Nigeria. This serial is available in Kunapipi: https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol16/iss1/62
The caption under the wedding photograph in the local newspaper read, \u27Claude hooks Hope,\u27 ... more The caption under the wedding photograph in the local newspaper read, \u27Claude hooks Hope,\u27 as a matronly and obviously pregnant Hope, in white wedding dress and veil, stuffed a much-too-large piece of cake into the mouth of a bewildered and be-gloved Claude. Hope looked triumphant as the one who had \u27hooked\u27 Claude
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