THE CONCEPT OF FATALISM IN AFRICAN DRAMA: A STUDY OF DORIS FRED’S THE WOMAN WAILS!

Obiora Eke, Kathryn Ify Enwere

Abstract


Belief in fate is integral to African traditional religion and this, obviously, supplies the background material for many African works; it has become a source material for many African authors: be it the playwright, novelist or poet. The belief in destiny and fate has been discovered in varying degrees in works of African background. The extent to which this is true is the concern of this study on Doris Fred’s The Woman Wails!

Keywords


Blief in faith, African Traditional Religion, African works and Playwright

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