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    Subalternity and Resistance in Alex La Guma’s A Walk in the Night (1962) and Ayi Kwei Armah's Two Thousand Seasons (1973).
    (Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou, 2024) Loudahi Samira; Racelma Soraya
    The pressent dissertation discusses the issue of Subalternity and Resistance in Alex La Guma’s A Walk in the Night (1962) and Ayi Kwei Armah’s Two Thousand Seasons (1973), relying on Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks (1971). It examines the ways into which these committed authors demonstrate the South Africa and Ghana’s individuals not only as subaltern of colonialism but also as resistant to it. The first chapter discusses Subalternity through the description of the characters’ oppression and exploitation. The second investigates the resistant actions against the oppressive hegemonic systems. The first finding of this piece of research is that both authors focus on their political perspectives as they address themes of discrimination, oppression, and the negative impacts of colonialism. The second finding consists of analyzing the characters of both novels, in A Walk in the Night, the characters experience a sense of Subalternity, which fosters feelings of inferiority and can lead to impulsive violence without consideration of the results. Whereas, concerns Two Thousand Seasons focuses on the spiritual aspect of African humanity, highlighting the collective traumas experienced by the entire community. The author argues that each character must resist oppression and strengthen their spiritual identity by reconnecting with their past, that gave them the legitimate force to lead their countries. Both authors’ commitments aim to raise the consciousness in the character’s mind that lead them to reach freedom and participate in political change. Every character demonstrates the subaltern feeling to find it in resistant act through violent or peaceful means. The resistance can be negative or positive resulting in a cycle where acts of discrimination against whites perpetated in response to the discrimination they face.