TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page - - - - - - - - - - i

Declaration - - - - - - - - - ii

Certification- - - - - - - - - iii

Approval Page - - - - - - - - -. iv

Dedication - - - - - - - - - - v

Acknowledgements - - - - - - - - vi

Abstract - - - - - - - - - - vii

Table of Contents - - - - - - - - viii

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the Study

1.2 Statement of the Problem

1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study

1.4 Scope of the Study

15 Significance of Study

1.6 Methodology
1.7 Biographies of Authors

CHAPTER TWO

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Themes in Festus Iyayi's Violence

2.2. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh's Echoes of a New Dawn and the Thematic Concerns

2.3 African Literature and Their Thematic Concerns

CHAPTER THREE

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THEMATIC CONCERNS IN CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE'S

PURPLE HIBISCUS AND TONI KAN'S NIGHTS OF THE CREAKING BED

3.1 Plot

3.2 Socio-cultural Discrimination against Women

3.3 Child Abuse and its Effects

3.4 Sex and Sexuality

3.5 Masculinity and Male Dominance

CHAPTER FOUR

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

4.1 Summary

4.2 Conclusion

Works Cited