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This analysis aims to apply the picaresque genre framework to African migration narratives in order to understand their representations of migrant life.

February 9, 2026Open Access

Tropes of Itinerancy: A Picaresque Reading of Helon Habila's Travelers and Chika Unigwe's On Black Sisters' Street

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This analysis aims to apply the picaresque genre framework to African migration narratives in order to understand their representations of migrant life.
Literary-critical analysis of Habila’s Travelers and Unigwe’s On Black Sisters’ Street
Application of postcolonial theories including hybridity and othering
Integration of psychoanalytic concepts, specifically parapraxis
Identified the picaresque form as a key narrative strategy in the novels
Highlighted the episodic journey and marginalisation experienced by characters
Demonstrated how new identities are forged through acts of agency in migration contexts

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Literary analysis reveals how picaresque conventions depict migrant adaptation and identity, suggesting new interpretations of their experiences.

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Obiageli Ulasika (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69897a35f0ec2af6756e8a0e https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18513072

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Literary analysis reveals how picaresque conventions depict migrant adaptation and identity, suggesting new interpretations of their experiences.

Tropes of Itinerancy: A Picaresque Reading of Helon Habila's Travelers and Chika Unigwe's On Black Sisters' Street

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Tropes of Itinerancy: A Picaresque Reading of Helon Habila's Travelers and Chika Unigwe's On Black Sisters' Street

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