Resisting Religious Trauma and the Stultification of Queer Subjectivities in Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees
In Nigeria, politics is intricately linked to religion to such an extent that political leaders have relied on religious doctrine to criminalise same-sex relations and legitimise the country’s queerphobic policies. This paper examines Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees (2015) to demonstrate...
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| Main Author: | Wisani Mushwana |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Johannesburg
2025-04-01
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| Series: | The Thinker |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/view/4142 |
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