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ABSTRACT
This study examines the relationship between the abandonment of the boy child and increased insecurity in Nigeria, using Elnathan John's Born on a Tuesday and Chris Abani's Graceland as case studies. Motivated by the need to explore gender repression from a less-discussed perspective, the research focuses on how social and familial neglect drive boys towards criminality. It establishes that the African Literature has a subtle bias against the boy child development due to the dearth of research that seek to advocate the boy child inclusion in social interactions and gender interventions. Employing postcolonial theory, the study reveals that while Born on a Tuesday portrays the stark realities of violence and extremism and how most of these are perpetuated by abandoned boys, Graceland offers a subtler narrative, suggesting that morality and reason can counter the pull towards crime. Graceland’s position is however faulted by the need for survival which often topples the question of morality. The findings emphasise the critical need for governmental and societal interventions to address the welfare of the boy child, thereby reducing violence and insecurity.
