The Struggle for Identity in the Post-colonial African Novel

Abstract

This study aimed at documenting the struggle of identity in the post-colonial African novel and the implicated liaison between African colonial literature and the African identity. Most of the literary genres in the continent during post-colonialism were revolving around the social and political gap which came to advent after colonizers who endeavored to obliterate the African cultures, values, traditions and social aspects. The study could also shed light on the tremendous efforts made by African novelists throughout the continents in showing the African identity through their writings moreover to the most outstanding literary products which could appropriately bring the international recognition to the African literary work. The researcher portrayed the way Africans were leading their lives during the pre-colonialism and the unstultified remarkable changes during post-colonialism.