1.1 Introduction
In this section, Utopianism and Characterization in Sembene Ousmane's Xala and Aminata Sowfall's the Begger's Strike is discussed, with relevant and recent citations. As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the aim and objectives of the study. Others are significance of the study, scope of work, research hypothesis and questions, limitation of the study and definition of terms.