Irksal zorluklara ilişkin toplumsal cinsiyet temelli bakış açısı: Bola Agbaje ve Inua Ellams'ın eserlerinin eleştirel okuması

Theatre presents current problems of the society and it gives minorities a chance to be heard and for that reason, black British theatre has a significant role for the immigrants. Bola Agbaje and Inua Ellams, who share very similar backgrounds as they are both British playwrights of Nigerian origin, use the stage to write themselves into the script. They both experience similar identity problems as they feel torn between Nigeria and Britain; however, their perspectives on the gender issue reflect on their plays differently. Their focus varies in each play, but they share similar gender elements such as hypermasculinity, women's solidarity and gender nonconformity. In this thesis, Bola Agbaje's Gone too Far!, Off the Endz, Playing the Game and Belong, and Inua Ellams' Barber Shop Chronicles, Three Sisters, The Half-God of Rainfall and Black T-Shirt Collection are analysed in order to show the effects of Agbaje and Ellams' gender has on their perspective on the racial challenges they experience in the Nigerian diaspora in the United Kingdom.