<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper will address the notion of desire in Ken N. Kamoche’s “Secondhand Wife” and Nuruddin Farah’s A Naked Needle; it will be centered on the idea of men’s and women’s sexual desire as caught between being controlled and willing to be free. Desire will be studied as being controlled by the tribe in Kenya and Somalia, which channels men’s and women’s desire into pre-made forms. These channels of desire approved by the tribe are contested in Kenya and Somalia by both men and women. Desire is then situated between collective manipulation and individual freedom.</p></abstract>

This paper will address the notion of desire in Ken N. Kamoche’s “Secondhand Wife” and Nuruddin Farah’s A Naked Needle; it will be centered on the idea of men’s and women’s sexual desire as caught between being controlled and willing to be free. Desire will be studied as being controlled by the tribe in Kenya and Somalia, which channels men’s and women’s desire into pre-made forms. These channels of desire approved by the tribe are contested in Kenya and Somalia by both men and women. Desire is then situated between collective manipulation and individual freedom.

Desire under the Tribe in Nuruddin Farah’s <italic>A Naked Needle</italic> and Ken N. Kamoche’s “Secondhand Wife”

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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Desire under the Tribe in Nuruddin Farah’s  and Ken N. Kamoche’s “Secondhand Wife”

This paper will address the notion of desire in Ken N. Kamoche’s “Secondhand Wife” and Nuruddin Farah’s A Naked Needle; it will be centered on the idea of...

Desire under the Tribe in Nuruddin Farah’s A Naked Needle and Ken N. Kamoche’s “Secondhand Wife”

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 61 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0009

Keywords
desire, freedom, Ken N. Kamoche, Nuruddin Farah, tribe

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Desire under the Tribe in Nuruddin Farah’s A Naked Needle and Ken N. Kamoche’s “Secondhand Wife”

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 61 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0009

Keywordsdesire, freedom, Ken N. Kamoche, Nuruddin Farah, tribe

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
desire, freedom, Ken N. Kamoche, Nuruddin Farah, tribe