Aesthetics Of Resistance In Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist And Helon Habila’s Waiting For An Angelaesthetics Of Resistance In Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist And Helon Habila’s Waiting For An Angel

AESTHETICS OF RESISTANCE IN TANURE OJAIDE’S THE ACTIVIST AND HELON HABILA’S WAITING FOR AN ANGEL CHAPTER ONE 1.0       GENERAL INTRODUCTION …art has a purpose. I believe in the social status of art…it must be used to advance the cause of humanity… I believe that if art has any sake at all, it is humanity…I am a humanist. The content is as important as the work. A work of art is not a technical jargon…A container without content is empty. As concerned committed artist, the basis of all art is justice (Osundare, 16).             The above extract forms the basis of this work. It emphasizes t…