God and Earth in Elechi Amadi’s Science Fiction
God and Earth in Elechi Amadi’s Science
Fiction
Author(s): Obari GombaSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Novel, Drama
Published by: Editura Universitară Danubius
Keywords: Africa; Nigeria; Elechi Amadi; Science Fiction;
Summary/Abstract: Elechi Amadi’s reputation, as one of Africa’s significant writers of Nigerian extraction, has been firmly established by his novels. The Concubine, The Great Ponds, The Slave, and Estrangement are well known. In about five decades of his artistic career, till his death in 2016, Amadi maintained an image of excellence. His fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poems indicate that he has produced works that have abiding resonance. In 2011, he published When God Came, his last and perhaps least known work. It is science fiction, comprising two parts. This essay examines the depiction of God, the earth, and speculative science in Amadi’s last work.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Danubius. Communicatio
- Issue Year: 15/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 55-66
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English