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This article examines how Nigerian identity and corruption offer a lens for rethinking colonialism’s impact on Nigerian literature. Reflecting on three postcolonial Nigerian novels, Anthills of the Savannah, Everything Good Will Come, and Half of a Yellow Sun, the article examines how corruption shapes identity and reveals Nigerian conventions about its repercussions. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of postcolonial Nigerian theorists such as Hall, Fanon, and Thiong’o, the article engages in constructing an understanding of postcolonial transformation. This study hypothesises that Nigerian novels reflect corruption as a force that cripples Nigerian identity. These novels also reclaim identity through cultural memory and resilience, emphasising Nigeria’s moral and political future.
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