This document is a paper analyzing Chinua Achebe's poem "The Refugee Mother and Child" and comparing it to the film "My Name is Khan". The paper provides background on Achebe and the poem, which depicts an African refugee mother refusing to accept her child's death. It then discusses the film, which shows a refugee mother and child suffering from poverty and lack of government support. Finally, the paper compares the refugee mother in the poem to Mary and her relationship with Jesus, noting they both symbolize the struggles all mothers face in raising their children, especially during times of war and hardship.

1. Name: Joshi Riddhi
Roll no: 30
Paper no.14 African Literature
M.A: Sem-4
Enrolment no: 2069108420180028
Year: 2017-19
E-mail: Www.riddhij8@gmail.com
Submitted to:
Smt. S.B Gardi Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University
Chinua Achebe's “Refugee mother and
child” with example of “My Name Is Khan”
Movie & Mary and Jesus

3. Introduction of Chinua Achebe's
poem and Film
 Chinua Achebe is a
Great African poet.
 He was a Nigerian
Novelist, poet,
professor and Critic.
 The poem “The
Refugee mother and
Child” is a real life of
African people.
 My name is khan is
a 2010 Indian
Drama.
 Directed by Karan
Johar.
 Self war against
white people for his
identity.

4. About Poem and Film
 Poem’
 Achebe presenting the
African family and area of
refugee.
 The poem is portraying
mother and child
relationship.
 The refugee mother does
not accept death of child
and still holding him and
combing hair and caring.
 Achebe presenting the
situation of war and how
families are effected.
 Film
 In the film Mother and
child are very poor and
suffering from the poverty
and help was not given
from government.
 American people are not
accepting other people
and they suffer for
everything.
 Mother suffer for raising
her child. Fear of death by
white people.
 Khan saves lives of them
from natural calamities

5. Image of Mother and child in
poem and film

6. Death of Humanity
 Poem
 Achebe have given the
example that refugee of
African people cause so
many deaths specially
child.
 In cause of war they
are refugee and a pain
of mother is shown in
poem.
 No help and hope by
anyone.
 Film
 Khan was refugee from
his wife and struggling
for his identity met
mama jenny and his
son.
 They were also suffering
with the refugee from
and saved by Islamic
people who denied by
white people.
 there is a hope of help
but not by government.

7. Comparison of Marry Jesus &
Refugee Mother and Child

8.  Refugee Mother and child have similarity with
Mother Mary and Jesus as a child. Madonna’s
life and Mother Mary's life is also similar.
Madonna believes that ‘Every Mother is a
Mother Mary’. So every mother give a birth to
a child is like Jesus. Every mother cares of
her child. Here Madonna not accepting her
child is dead because her love is very
unconditional.

9. Conclusion
 So, in the end Achebe’s poem can be
connected with ‘my name is Khan’ movie
that how African refugee mother and child
suffer for life. Also mother Mary also suffer
for raise of Jesus. Some how biblical
message is shown that every mother have
to face some problems to raise her child. In
the case of Refugees the condition of
mother very difficult if there is cause of war
or natural calamities or denial of people.