African Diasporic writers have written on the experiences and social dilemma faced in their homeland and in the foreign land. It is thus against this background that this  research work is based. Thus the major intention of this essay is to highlight the homeland issues and experiences of Diaspora and attendants vices that have been the major preoccupation of Teju Cole and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in their works. This work will not only highlight but also unfolds what Africans go through in the Diaspora and in their homeland. This research effort focuses attention on how African writers Teju Cole in his novel Everyday is for the thief (2007) And Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in her novel The thing around your neck (2009) project this experiences and its effects on the African bringing out its social dilemma affecting the African societies. This research study adopted sociological criticism. We discussed these experiences through focusing on African writers in Diaspora in their fictional works.

TABLE OF CONTENT

PAGES

Title Page i

Certification ii

Dedication iii

Acknowledgements iv

Table of Content v

Abstract vi

CHAPTER ONE

General Introduction 1

Statement of research problem 3

Purpose of the study 4

Scope and limitation of the study 4

Justification 5

Methodology 6

Structure of thesis 8 

WORKS CITED 9

CHAPTER TWO

Literature Review

The origin of Diasporian literature 10

Definitions of related terms 13

Tracing the experience of African in the Diaspora using 17

African Diasporic writers

Sociological theory 23

Works cited 26

CHAPTER THREE

The African Writer and social dilemma; an example of Teju 29

Cole’s Everyday is for the Thief

CHAPTER FOUR

The African Writer and Diaspora experience; an example of 36

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing around your Neck

Work citied 43

CHAPTER FIVE

Conclusion 44
Bibliography 48