INDIVIDUAL AS A VICTIM OF THE SOCIETY IN NGOZI CHUMA-UDE'S TEACHERS ON STRIKE

Abstract

This paper analyzes the leadership and social issues in Africa and exposes leadership crises in political offices. It argues that bad leadership in political offices is as a result of peoples’ inability to fight back, rapacity, excessive desire, ambitions, injustice and weak ideology. The researcher believes that African political leaders come to power with the intention to exhibit wickedness to their citizens instead of facilitating the exchange of quality ideas with their followers and to be worshipped as demi gods. Using content analysis approach of qualitative research method, this paper examines different patterns of exhibitions of corruption using the writer’s creative experiences of her characters under oppressed society. Socialtheory is adopted for the analysis.NgoziChumaUdeh'sTeachers on Strikethe two texts under study. This study observes that the major cause of corruption in Africa is manmade and for quality leadership to prevail in Africa, those concerned must be punished and must be made to understand their duties, responsibility and obligation as leaders. This paper concludes that the only thing that can bring transformation is justiceand equity done by the masses which will help pave way for sustainable development.