The Voice (novel)

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The Voice
AuthorGabriel Okara
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAfrican Writers Series
GenreFiction
PublisherAfricana Publisher
Publication date
1964
Media typePrint
Pages127
ISBN0-8419-0015-9
OCLC1162390

The Voice is a 1964 novel by Gabriel Okara which was published as part of the influential African Writers Series.[1][2][3]

Plot[]

The novel is set in the 1960s, in post-independence Igboland in Nigeria. After studying, Okolo returns home to seek the truth. The Chiefs exile him for fear that he might topple them down.[2][4][5]

Style[]

An editor at, Encyclopædia Britannica noted that "Okara translated directly from the Ijo (Ijaw) language, imposing Ijo syntax onto English in 'order to give literal expression to African ideas and imagery. The novel creates a symbolic landscape in which the forces of traditional African culture and Western materialism contend... Okara's skilled portrayal of the inner tensions of his hero distinguished him from many other Nigerian novelists.".[1] Okara style exhibit the true nature of the power hungry individual.[6]

Reception[]

Thomas Hinde writing for Times Literary Supplement stated The Voice is a "morality tale rather than a novel" and that "its characters have the flatness of symbols"[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "The Voice, novel by Okara". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Scott, Patrick (1990). "Gabriel Okara's "The Voice": The Non-Ijo Reader and the Pragmatics of Translingualism". JSTOR. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Orthofer, M.A (October 5, 2019). "The Voice by Gabriel Okara". Complete Review. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Voice by Gabriel Okara". LibraryThing. December 24, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Thumboo, Edwin (February 2007). "Language as power: Gabriel Okara's The Voice as a paradigm". ResearchGate. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  6. ^ Eyoh, Luke (2012). "Linguistic Foregrounding and Thematic Projection in Gabriel Okara's The Voice: A Study in Stylistic Criticism". AJOL. Retrieved August 9, 2021.


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