This book explores the history and evolution of women's roles in African society and literature. The author examines oral stories and biographies to show how colonialization worked to oppress women in Africa and studies contemporary African literature and film to reveal the ways women and their roles, both in fiction and reality, have progressed.
This book explores the history and evolution of women's roles in African society and literature. The author examines oral stories and biographies to show how colonialization worked to oppress women in Africa and studies contemporary African literature and film to reveal the ways women and their roles, both in fiction and reality, have progressed.
Blessing Diala-Ogamba, is professor of English at Coppin State University.
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Introduction Section 1: Women's Identity and Self-Awareness Chapter 1: Oral Traditions in African Novels: An Analysis of Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo's The Last of the Strong Ones and Sunny Udoh's Martial Bliss Chapter 2: Technique and Form in Lilian Masitera's The Trail Chapter 3: Social Change and Women's Struggle in Zukiswa Wanner's The Madam Section 2: Patriarchal Abuse and Liberation Chapter 4: Hypocrisy and Abuse of Power in Nawal El Sadaawi's God Dies By The Nile and The Fall of The Imam Chapter 5: From Oppression to Rebelliousness: Women in Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to North and Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde Section 3: Exploitation, Women's Struggle, and Resistance Chapter 6: Race, Colonialism, and Resistance: The Women Left Behind in Lauretta Ncgobo's and They Didn't Die Chapter 7: The Formidable Emancipator in Meja Mwangi's Crossroads: The Last Plague Chapter 8: Behind the Veil: The Unyielding Protagonist in Nuruddin Farah's Knots Section 4: Gender and Liberation in Patriarchal Society Chapter 9: Perception of Womanhood in Flora Nwapa's Novels Chapter 10: Resistance and Activism in Sembene Ousmane's God's Bits of Wood Chapter 11: Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality in Nigerian Movies Conclusion
Introduction Section 1: Women's Identity and Self-Awareness Chapter 1: Oral Traditions in African Novels: An Analysis of Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo's The Last of the Strong Ones and Sunny Udoh's Martial Bliss Chapter 2: Technique and Form in Lilian Masitera's The Trail Chapter 3: Social Change and Women's Struggle in Zukiswa Wanner's The Madam Section 2: Patriarchal Abuse and Liberation Chapter 4: Hypocrisy and Abuse of Power in Nawal El Sadaawi's God Dies By The Nile and The Fall of The Imam Chapter 5: From Oppression to Rebelliousness: Women in Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to North and Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde Section 3: Exploitation, Women's Struggle, and Resistance Chapter 6: Race, Colonialism, and Resistance: The Women Left Behind in Lauretta Ncgobo's and They Didn't Die Chapter 7: The Formidable Emancipator in Meja Mwangi's Crossroads: The Last Plague Chapter 8: Behind the Veil: The Unyielding Protagonist in Nuruddin Farah's Knots Section 4: Gender and Liberation in Patriarchal Society Chapter 9: Perception of Womanhood in Flora Nwapa's Novels Chapter 10: Resistance and Activism in Sembene Ousmane's God's Bits of Wood Chapter 11: Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality in Nigerian Movies Conclusion
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