Human Rights and Displacement in Literature: The Case of M. Mwangi’s Kill Me Quick and K. Kombani’s The Last Villains of Molo
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Date
2018-12
Authors
Kula, Anna
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Publisher
Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies
Abstract
This work aims to explore the relationship between literature and human rights with a hypothesis
that literature is a vehicle for enhancing human rights through its condemnation of violations,
and thus, the focus is on two novels – Meja Mwangi’s Kill Me Quick and Kinyanjui Kombani’s
The Last Villains of Molo – in an effort to demonstrate that they are interested in the issues of
human rights, particularly, human rights issues in an area of displacement. The basic argument is
that displacement uproots people from their habitual homes where they have high chances of
fulfilling their human rights and later abandons them wherein they are rootless in a new
environment where they are prone to abuse. The discussion shows that circumstances force
characters in both novels to move from their rural homes to the lure of the city which promises
that in new environment, their rights will be fulfilled, however, they are displaced in the
environment as they can hardly meet their basic needs or afford decent standards of living.
Description
A Research Article in the Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies
Keywords
Human rights, Displacement, Literature
Citation
Kula, A. (2018). Human Rights and Displacement in Literature: The Case of M. Mwangi’s Kill Me Quick and K. Kombani’s The Last Villains of Molo. Journal of Pan African Studies, 12(7), 92-107.