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International Journal of English Literature and Culture Vol. 2(2), pp. 6 –11, February, 2014 ISSN: 2360-7831 DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2014.002
Review Corruption among academics: An example of Akachi-Adimora Ezeigbo’s Trafficked
OLANIYAN, SOLOMON OLUSAYO
Department of English, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. E-mail: dvenolasolomon@gmail.com +2347033747951, +2348054096575
Accepted 27 January 2014
It is unfortunate to note that citadels
of learning from where decorum and morality ought to diffuse to the
larger society have been deleteriously affected by the seemingly
insurmountable challenge of corruption. Oftentimes, politicians and
political leaders are castigated for high-rate of corruption by
academics, whereas, the so-called castigators themselves are not
exonerated from this social malady. It is, therefore, the case of
the pot calling the kettle black. Instead of choosing to be a
different kettle of fish, academics have joined the enemy of the
people in compounding their already unbearable pains.
Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Trafficked has been examined mostly from gender
perspective, while the other major issue of corruption has not been
adequately dealt with. It is against the foregoing, therefore, that
this paper investigates corrupt practices among academics as
depicted in Trafficked. The paper is aimed at exploring the
epidemics of corruption among academics. Postcolonial theory is
adopted, while the examined text is subject to critical textual
analysis. It is observed that Adimora-Ezeigbo diagnoses the effect
of corruption in academia as it affects students, the nation and
education system. Taking of bribery, making and selling of
not-well-researched hand-outs, molestation and maltreatment of
students form parts of the corrupt practices as portrayed in the
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