Damilare Babalola

Constructing Power through Prose: An Integrated Stylistic Reading of Institutional Authority and Gender in Lola Akande's What It Takes

This study argues that in Lola Akande’s What It Takes, language does not simply describe institutional power and gendered vulnerability within the Nigerian university system but actively constructs, sustains, and at moments contests them. Existing commentary on the novel, includi...

Constructing Power through Prose: An Integrated Stylistic Reading of Institutional Authority and Gender in Lola Akande's What It Takes

This study argues that in Lola Akande’s What It Takes, language does not simply describe institutional power and gendered vulnerability within the Nigerian university system but actively constructs, sustains, and at moments contests them. Existing commentary on the novel, includi...