Trans-Border Poverty: A Reading of Seven African Literary Works

Abstract

This paper is centered on a social set back, which is symbolic to the continent of Africa. Some African literary works, which are randomly selected, are used as our sources of data collection for the survey. Anchored on sociological literary theory, this paper has as its purpose; the mission to wake-up the sleeping and docile masses of Africa from their slumber. It’s high time to put an end to passive followership in the affairs of state management or governance, which determines the pace and, or degree of our collective advancement and social well-being as a people on the surface of the earth. The study is also aimed at rationalizing the validity of the proposition that Africa is a rich continent full of poor people.

Keywords: Africa, beggars, leadership, neo-colonialism, poverty, selfishness, underdevelopment