Document Type
Humanities
Abstract
Chinelo Okparanta's 2015 novel Under the Udala Trees is an African coming-of-age novel centered around a young Igbo girl named Ijeoma who lives in Nigeria during The Nigerian Civil War. Okparanta's novel examines Post-Colonialism in a new light, one that embraces the intersectionality of the effects colonization had on African Queer identities. This work draws from previously established research in Post-colonialism, Multi-Cultural Feminism, Womanism, and Queer studies to examine how Under the Udala Trees explores intersectionality within the context of Queer African stories.
Recommended Citation
Lockwood, Hope
(2022)
"Away From the Udala Trees: Post-Colonialism, Lesbianism, and Christianity Within Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees,"
Global Tides: Vol. 16, Article 1.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/globaltides/vol16/iss1/1
