La Représentation De L’injustice Sociale Dans Contours Du Jour Qui Vient De Léonora Miano Et L’archer Bassari De Modibo S. Kéita

Abstract

In this work we research on social injustice as depicted in Contours du jour qui vient and l’Archer Bassari written by Léonora Miano and Modibo S. Kéita respectively. The study articulates problems that are the root causes of this uncalled for phenomenon. We realized that traditional beliefs, opportunism, patriarchy, unemployment, civil war, indigence, corruption, ignorance of the existing laws, aiding and abetting are, among others, the proximate pushing factors for the administration of injustice as described in francophone African literary works in French. The means by which this malevolence is meted out to people are ostracism or expulsion, extortion, neglect, deprivation, sexual exploitation and assassination. The aged, the indigents, minors and the verdants are more often than not the targets. The perpetrators subtly malhandle their victims, plunge themselves in bloodshed, extort and torture their prey for their personal gains. These vulnerable ones are deprived of their liberty, stigmatized and are even murdered in cold blood. The work also criticizes the conspiracy and corruption of the political, traditional as well as religious gurus, the irresponsibility of parents, the lack of a credible judicial system that would reliably render justice. Our major aim is to unearth the root causes of this canker. As every injustice meted out has inevitable aftermaths, we are obliged to find a remedy for them as well. We employ socio-criticism as analytical tool, by which we undertake a thematic analysis. The study does not only trumpet pragmatic measures promulgated by the authors but also aims at opening the victims’ horizons, discouraging social injustice thus molding the socio–political fibers of post-Independent Africa in order to foster progress in peace and stability for a better future for humanity .