DISILLUSIONMENT IN P. L. O. LUMUMBA’S STOLEN MOMENTS

Abstract

African literary writers attempt to capture the social, economic and political realities in African nations. Many

novelists have represented post-independence disillusionment in Africa. P.L.O. Lumumba’s (2016) novel

Stolen Moments effectively portrays a disillusioned people in the fictional African nation called Kangura.

Using the socio-historical approach, the proposed paper examines the decay and betrayal in an independent

African nation. It also highlights the literary devices that Lumumba uses to imaginatively capture post

independence woes and disillusionment that are typical of African nations. Lastly, the study will identify the

solutions prescribed by the novelist on how to correct the ills in Africa.