Echoes of Marine Life in Literature with special reference to Buchi Emecheta

Abstract

Life does not exist without water.  Human life starts and ends with water.  Travels along with the humankind in their life journey.  In literature it is signified as a source of rebirth and even death as reflected by many poets, novelists and playwrights in their works.  Journey occurs across the globe and in literature it starts from ancient and present days.  Our eminent Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta recognized for her literary works which as theses of identity, resilience, struggles and adversity.  Buchi Emecheta’s narrative style reflects the inner voices of a women who is in the patriarchal society.  Emecheta’s protagonist connects their life journey through waterways, where they have a thought of freedom from male dominated society, better education and want to uplift their life style through empowerment.  This paper tells how Buchi Emecheta’s narratives express the connection between marine life and woman’s search for identity, struggle of personal adversity and colonial impacts in their own lives.