Globalisation in Literature: A Study of Chimamanda Adichie’s Short Stories

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s literary presence in the international literary landscape contributes to the expanding fields of diasporic studies, ongoing postcolonial studies and very importantly to unmasking the profound paradox of globalisation in contemporary times. Adichie has cultivated a narrative style that attests to her understanding of the human condition. These humans are African migrants at the fringes of their homeland and the international community. This essay examines Adichie’s short stories: “The Arrangers of Marriage” “The Thing around Your Neck” and “The Shivering”, and proposes that Adichie’s short stories unearth the realities of globalisation for African migrants on the margins of the international community and the significance of the politics of dislocation dislocation politics.

Keywords: Margin Migrants Dislocation Globalisation Homeland

Author

• Nwiyi, Joy I.
  Department of English
  Federal University Lafla, Nasarawa, Nigeria