Revisiting the Issue of Resistance to Bribery in A.S. Ogundimu’s A Silly Season

Abstract: Bribery is a plague that seriously undermines the economic and social growth of postcolonial African countries and is viewed as a very complex structure deeply rooted in some African societies. It challenges the moral virtues so that almost all the citizens of the society cannot do without it in that the citizens who swim against the tide are frustrated, stigmatised, and pressured by their close relatives and co-workers. Ogundimu differs in his approach to tackle social and political issues in his novel A Silly Season (2008), classified among novels of disillusionment. This novel presents and contests the acceptance of a devastating plague by all workers of the civil service. This study focuses on the case of the character Kunle Bangbelu in the focus novel who vehemently resists a rampant social phenomenon and is regarded as the odd-man-out.