1. MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION
DISSERTATION TOPIC
An interrogation of how the American civilization “annulled” and
“transformed” the lives of Negroes into “dead matter”? (Patterson 1982): A
case study of Alex Haley, Roots - The Saga of an American Family, James
Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, and Richard
Wright, Native Son.
By
Prosper Mthabisi Ngwenya
Reg Number R0644624
A dissertation submitted to the Department of English and Communication,
Midlands State University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the
Bachelor of Arts English and Communication Honours Degree.
22 OCTOBER 2012
Supervisor: Dr. T.D JAVANGWE