“Rape or Die”: War as Initiation Rite in Chris Abani’s Song for Night
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 7
Abstract
This paper discusses disrupted childhood as a result of war with reference to Chris Abani’s novel, Song for Nigh.The paper analyses how a child’s entry into war acts as his form of initiation rite and development into adulthood, and the way this form of initiation leaves him in a state in between childhood and adulthood, as well as in between life and death. The main argument of the paper is that Abani’s portrayal of his protagonist is a way of constructing war as a wrongful rite of passage which can only take one’s childhood without making him an adult. Thus, the reason why Abani’s protagonist, My Luck is denied entry into his society after his experience as a child soldier is because he went through a form of initiation which leaves him in a liminal state.
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Cecilia Addei (PhD)
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