MAN AND THE GEOMETRICAL PROGRESSION OF THE ENCUMBRANCE OF LIFE: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON J.P. CLARK-BEKEDEREMO’S ONCE AGAIN A CHILD, R.A. MASAGBOR’S SOLEMN CHANTS AND TONY AFEJUKU’S A GARDEN OF MOODS

Abstract

Humans begin their journey on earth with a cry, an indication of anguish and the inevitability of pains that will bedevil the entire pilgrimage.  Like it’s commencement, the moment of cessation of this life’s excruciating task could be likened to the marcable dance of a lizard’s tail when it is slashed off its parent’s body.  The whole exercise could be best described as the timely visitation of Nigerian herdsmen at regular intervals on a community of harmless and defenseless humans. The thrust of this article, therefore, is to explore the geography of pains, articulating the conspiracy against man and its inevitability.   This will be screened through J.P. Clark-Bekederemo’s Once Again a Child. R.A. Masagbor’s Solemn Chants and Tony Afejuku’s A Garden of Moods.