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Ideology and the African novel - Within the whole of African literature it is possible to distinguish certain ideological tendencies. Ideology is the whole of ideas, rituals, symbols and statements which form a coherent world-view within a certain group or class and at the same time conceal the existing contradictions within this group or class. Social and economic conflicts originate from these contradictions. The paper forms an introduction to the study of ideological elements in literature. A case-study is made of Adaora Ulasi’s A Man from Sagamu. Furthermore, the author has tried to relate the notions of ideology and ritual, whereby a relation is established between these two concepts. It is presumed here that ritual possesses three constituents, namely a conscious and an unconscious element, with language as the element which binds them together. The author comes to the conclusion that the recognizability of Ulasi’s work (at least for the Western reader)lies in the fact that the author inverts he notions ‘rational’ and ‘irrational’, and makes use of these two concepts as ideologically loaded values.
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How to Cite: Bogers, K. (1985) “Ideologie en de Nigeriaanse Engelstalige roman”, Tijdschrift voor Sociale Wetenschappen. 30(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/tvsw.94906