Nweze, Innocent N, (Ph.D.)
Department Of English
Ebony State College Of
Education, Ikwo, Ebonyi State,
Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Abstract.
This paper focuses on social criticism particularly unhealthy imitation sand corruption among institutions
and individuals of governance, financial institutions and individuals. It argues that these malaise is on the
rise, and that is detrimental to African and Nigerian societies. It further argues that such imitations are in the arears of language, fashion, music and entertainment. These unhealthy imitations of foreign cultures and corruption have been traced from colonialism to independence. Our African culture has become
Eurocentric instead of being Afrocentric in thoughts and actions. Chinweizu observed that Africans have
imposed Eurocentric on themselves. According to him “what Europe do, we automatically assume it is a
standard we must imitate in order to look like the white-man. As such, we have lost our ability to define
ourselves”. This essay explores Marxist theory and textual analytical methodology to examine the dramas of Esiaba Irobi’s Hangmen also Die and Frank Ogbeche’s Harvest of Corruption in order to expose corruption, and its repercussions on the corrupt persons. This essay de-emphasizes corruption and encourages people to be creative to have a robust economy, and that corrupt individual or group should not go scot-free, and by so doing, Nigeria and Africa would be better and safer places to live in. Unhealthy imitation and corruption could be remedied through self-realization, creativity, morality and upholding our value system.
KEY WORDS: UNHEALTHY-IMITATION,CORRUPTION, REPERCUSSIONS, and REMEDY.
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