Sola osofisan biography of michael
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One of the features of globalization is its tendency to interconnect people economically and culturally.
It is also indicative of the shrinking of borders and boundaries in such a way that a deep sense of homogeneity and community can be felt and the world begins to look like one village peopled by those who share common bonds. The emergence of a techno-culture in communities that would otherwise have remained isolated sends great signals that globalization brings about ‘modernization’, and that this new culture brings about progress. But often the seeds of ‘progress’ do germinate into weeds of destruction, so that in the process of expanding links across humanity and evoking a global consciousness, globalization is both a balm and an irritant.This paper examines how the Nigerian writer, Sola Osofisan, in his short story, ‘Sin-eater’, paradigmatically and stylistically deconstructs the anguish of Stella, his female character, who flees from the organization she works for. This thirty-page story is one of the ten short stories in Darkvisions, which was a co-winner of the 1992 Association of Nigerian Authors Prize for prose fiction. In it, Osofisan, who is also a poet and dramatist, reflects his concern for the loss of moral values in his fast-paced, globalizing society through
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What A Jolly Ride: A review of Sola Osofisan’s “The Simple Joys of Her Final Days” — Olukorede S Yishau
Sola Osofisan’s most recent book is a collection of a dozen short stories titled The Simple Joys of Her Last Days.
Osofisan sets the stories in Nigeria, his nation of birth, and cities around the US, which he now calls home.
In the stories, we encounter grief, we see betrayal, we see racism, we see discrimination, we see racial suspicions and a number of other challenges the human race faces daily.
It is a potpourri of sorts with the bulk of the stories told from the third person point of view.
The title story is about a son, Banji, his mother and his fiancée, Catalina. The son and mother are Nigerians and the fiancée is American. The story takes off when Catalina takes Banji’s mother’s phone call from Nigeria.
Before the call, Banji’s mother has been informed of Catalina and she sees no sense in her son’s involvement with her.
So, when she answers the phone, Banji’s mother is unfair to her and she storms out of the house. By the time Banji comes to the phone, mother and son duel. It really is a tale with so much to take away.
An average reader is bound to be drawn in by the suspense and the grief in the