La pesanteur de la tradition: un commentaire bref sur les pratiques de l'excision et de la dot dans des oeuvres de Calixthe Beyala et de Buchi Emecheta.
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2014-12
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The Nigeria French Language Village, Badagry.
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IT IS A COMPARATIVE LITERARY ANALYSIS OF SOME NOVELS OF CALIXTHE BEYALA AND BUCHI EMECHETA. IT DISCOURSED ON THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES OF THE BRIDE PRICE AND FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND THE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF STERILITY AND POSSIBLE DEATH FROM HEMORRHAGE. AVARICIOUS PARENTS WHO WANT THE BRIDE PRICE AT ALL COST DO NOT TAKE COGNIZANCE OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF FORCED AND EARLY MARRIAGE ON THEIR DAUGHTERS WHOSE FUTURE IS TRUNCATED BY SUCH INFRINGEMENT ON THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS.
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L'EXCISION, LA DOT, L'HEMORRAGIE, STERILITE, MANIPULATION METAPHYSIQUE