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   One of Beneatha’s fellow students and one of her suitors, Joseph Asagai is from Nigeria, and throughout the play he provides an international perspective. Proud of his African heritage, he hopes to return to Nigeria to help bring about positive change and modern advancements.

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   Asagai is a “rather dramatic-looking” young man who takes great pride in his African heritage and dreams of Nigerian independence from colonial rule. Asagai is thoughtful and well-spoken and he fosters Beneatha’s interest in her African roots.

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   We never find out if these two lovebirds run off into the African sunset together, but we hope it works out for them. Asagai's main function as a character seems to be to inject the play with symbolism. Basically, Asagi is Africa. He represents one extreme of the American debate on assimilation.

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   Home. Literature Notes. A Raisin in the Sun. Joseph Asagai. Character Analysis Joseph Asagai. An African student, Joseph Asagai courts the attentions of Beneatha. In trying to win her affections, he is persistent but never overbearing.

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   Asagai implies that Beneatha’s straightened hairstyle marks her as an “assimilationist,” which Beneatha resolutely denies. Asagai then expresses his romantic feelings for Beneatha, but about such feelings she responds, “By itself – it won’t do.”

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   Feb 5, 2010 · You see, Mr. Asagai, I am looking for my identity! 9 ' (He laughs) BENEATHA (Turning to him, not laughing) Yes (Her face is quizzical, profoundly disturbed) 62 A RAISIN IN THE SUN ASAGAI (Still teasing and reaching out and taking her face in his hands and turning her profile to him) Well . . . it is true that this is not so much a profile of a ...

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   Who is Joseph Asagai in A Raisin in the Sun?

   • Asagai is thoughtful and well-spoken and he fosters Beneatha’s interest in her African roots. At the play’s end, Asagai asks Beneatha to marry him and “come home” to Africa. The A Raisin in the Sun quotes below are all either spoken by Joseph Asagai or refer to Joseph Asagai.

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   What does Asagai think of Beneatha?

   • Asagai is a “rather dramatic-looking” young man who takes great pride in his African heritage and dreams of Nigerian independence from colonial rule. Asagai is thoughtful and well-spoken and he fosters Beneatha’s interest in her African roots. At the play’s end, Asagai asks Beneatha to marry him and “come home” to Africa.

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   Why is Hansberry called Asagai?

   • The name of Hansberry's African character is taken from the word "assegai," which means a short-handled stabbing spear, famous in the successful ware of Shaka Zulu. An African student, Joseph Asagai courts the attentions of Beneatha. In trying to win her affections, he is persistent but never overbearing.

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   Does Asagai run off into the African Sunset?

   • We never find out if these two lovebirds run off into the African sunset together, but we hope it works out for them. Asagai's main function as a character seems to be to inject the play with symbolism. Basically, Asagi is Africa. He represents one extreme of the American debate on assimilation.

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   Is Asagai a chauvinist?

   • Asagai is zealously idealistic about the future of his country and has even expressed his willingness to sacrifice his own life for the independence of his country. And, although Asagai has been afforded a Western education, his basic beliefs are grounded in his own African culture, which was, as of 1959, somewhat chauvinistic and old-fashioned.

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   What if Asagai had his way?

   • If Asagai had his way, she'd be a straight-up African woman, instead of an African-American one. He even goes so far as to suggest her straightened hair is a sign that she is "assimilated" into white American culture. Eventually, Asagai proposes to Beneatha and asks her to come back to Nigeria with him.

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   Feb 16, 2024 · I have taught the drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry dozens of times in my 30-year career as a middle and high school English teacher. Every time I teach it, I love it more than I thought I could.