Abstract
This paper entitled, “The Importance of the Soil: A Postcolonial Reading of Shadrach Ambanasom’s Son of the Native Soil and Wilson Katiyo’s A Son of the Soil demonstrates the importance of the soil which raises conflicts as well as generates wealth. The problem posed is that the soil, which is an empowerment tool, stimulates conflicts as agents desire socio-economic and political control. Such conflicts slow development and relegate the weak in both national and global affairs. The bond of contention evoked here is that socio-economic and political powers are secured through oppressive means which leave societies in chaos and stagnation. Some tenets of postcolonial theory will be used as a theoretical guide for analysis in this paper. Findings reveal that the soil has the ability to stimulate both prosperity and poverty that reinforce binaries. The paper concludes that, the expansion of the agricultural sector is fundamental to meet needs of a fast growing population. If the improvement of the soil is neglected, conflicts in societies risk to be increased resulting to high mortality rate caused by war and famine.
Highlights
Postcolonial literature which has significant impacts in the field of globalization, deals with literature of the colonized, the suppressed and the subjugated
Helen Tiffin writes in her article in The Post Colonial Studies Reader entitled, “Post-colonial Literature and Counterdiscourse” “over the three quarters of the contemporary world has been directly and profoundly affected by imperialism and colonialism
Bhaba’s view in Nation and Narration that postcolonial literature demonstrates that historical events are characterized by colonialism, imperialism, and neo-imperialism which are highly exploitative
Summary
Postcolonial literature which has significant impacts in the field of globalization, deals with literature of the colonized, the suppressed and the subjugated. Since there is that urge for man to emerge socio-economically, the Dudum clan is in constant war and conflict provoked by the contrast of the soil occupied by the Akans and the Anjongs. Wilson Katiyo in A Son of the Soil demonstrates that the magnetic power of the soil facilitates globalization as it encourages interaction and integration of people, companies, and governments of different nations.
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