Defining the African Writer’s Duties—Efo Kodjo Mawugbe’s Grave Yard People
Defining the African Writer’s Duties—Efo Kodjo Mawugbe’s Grave Yard People
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2020-05-31
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Essuman,Jonathan
Ben-Daniels, Faith
Ohene-Adu, K. B.
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www.iiste.org
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Over the years, the duty of the African writer has clearly been a cause of many debates. Whereas one school of
thought believes that the writer has whatever duty he or she creates or chooses, another school of thought believes
that even the tag, ‘African writer,’ should not even be used as a form of identification in any platform. However,
this paper does not seek to debunk or argue out any of these reasons. It rather highlights how the works of writers
map out certain duties that they as writers perform consciously or unconsciously within their creative works. In
order to achieve this, Efo Kodjo Mawugbe’s play, Grave Yard People, is used as the main reference point to
identify and discuss the roles of the African writer as a historian, grass-root activist and entertainer. In order to
prove that this assertion is not only identifiable with Mawugbe’s work, other writers within and outside Africa
whose works showcase these varied duties are also discussed. In the conclusion of this paper, it is proven that the
duties of African writers are not static but metamorphose with trends and developments of emerging societies. The
words—African writers and storytellers are used interchangeably to refer to African writers
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Ben-Daniels, F., Essuman, J., & Ohene-Adu, K. B. (2020). Defining the African Writer’s Duties: Efo Kodjo Mawugbe’s Grave Yard People. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(5).