ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND GREEN ECONOMY: A STUDY OF JOHN NKEMNGONG NKENGASONG'S ANCESTRAL EARTH

Environmental protection from ongoing hazards geared towards sustainable development of natural species the world over has become a topical issue affecting the human environment today. Humanity in this dispensation is living in a world characterized by mankind’s unquenchable thirst to reign as King of Creation with the desire to be considered superior to all other non-human species. This study is intended to condemn such a practice and rather intensify education on the possibilities to which mankind, as evident in Nkengasong’s Ancestral Earth needs to review his/her strategies towards relating with environmental non-human species as a way to ensure effective species management and sustainability. The research is predicated on the contention that Mankind, through his arrogance towards nature, either consciously or unconsciously, is the cause of his own predicament, especially in this era of environmental hazards and degradation. The work is informed by ecocriticism as a theory of literary criticism. It argues that the continuous prowess of environmental natural species on the one hand and humanity’s unethical Behavior towards the environment on the other, as well as the possible way forward towards ameliorating mankind’s thorny environmental hazards, are the crux of the matter in this study and in all human responsibilities towards ensuring a more sustainable species development