Identity formation in the diaspora: an analysis of the eternal audience of One by Remy Ngamije and The Maestro, The Magistrate and the Mathematician by Tendai Huchu

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dc.contributor.authorNhamu, Tamari
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-19T05:56:48Z
dc.date.available2021-10-19T05:56:48Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.descriptionThe objective of this study was to analyse identity formation in the diaspora in the two African authored novels, The Eternal Audience of One (2019) and The Maestro, the Magistrate and the Mathematician (2014). The study applied the postcolonial theory using the tenets of the “other,” “third space” and hybridity. In the modern world, citizens move from one country to another for various reasons, but mainly for greener pastures. Such movements have necessitated the formation of diaspora communities. The two texts investigated in this study have diaspora communities in Namibia and Scotland, respectively. Consequently, the present study investigated identity formations of the Rwandan and Zimbabwean diaspora communities in Namibia and Scotland. Identity formation in the diaspora is problematic as a result of cultural differences between the host country and the home country. The study findings revealed that the new migrant communities in the diaspora react differently to “othering” and “third space” negotiation in the identity formation process according to their differing generations. First generation immigrants seemed to be affected the worst by “othering” and found it difficult to negotiate the “third space” compared to the other generations in the two texts. Evolution into hybrid characters was also shown to differ accordingly, with some characters growing into successful hybrids and others failing dismally. Furthermore, the study revealed the importance of the home culture, even in the state of memory, in identity formation in the diaspora. The study recommends further research be done on how women are affected by identity creations, bearing the fact that they carry a double burden of bearing children in foreign lands.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNhamu, T. (2021). Identity formation in the diaspora: an analysis of the eternal audience of One by Remy Ngamije and The Maestro, The Magistrate and the Mathematician by Tendai Huchu [Master's thesis: Namibia University of Science and Technology].en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.nust.na:8080/jspui/handle/10628/806
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNamibia University of Science and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectThesisen_US
dc.subjectNamibiaen_US
dc.subjectPostcolonialen_US
dc.subjectIdentity formationen_US
dc.subjectOtheringen_US
dc.subjectThird spaceen_US
dc.subjectHybridityen_US
dc.subjectDiasporaen_US
dc.titleIdentity formation in the diaspora: an analysis of the eternal audience of One by Remy Ngamije and The Maestro, The Magistrate and the Mathematician by Tendai Huchuen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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