Section 1: Women's Identity and Self-Awareness. Oral Traditions in African Novels: An Analysis of Ezeigbo's The Last of the Strong Ones and Udoh's Martial Bliss ; Technique and Form in Lilian Masitera's The Trail ; Social Change and Women's Struggle in Zukiswa Wanner's The Madam -- Section 2: Patriarchal Abuse and Liberation. Hypocrisy and Patriarchal Abuse of Power in El Saadawi's God Dies By The Nile and The Fall of The Imam ; From Oppression to liberation: Women in Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to North and Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde -- Section 3: Exploitation, Women's Struggle, and Resistance. Race, Colonialism, and Resistance: The Women Left Behind in Lauretta Ncgobo's and They Didn't Die ; The Formidable Emancipator in Meja Mwangi's Crossroads: The Last Plague ; Behind the Veil: The Unyielding Protagonist in Nuruddin Farah's Knots -- Section 4: Gender and Liberation in Patriarchal Society. Perception of Womanhood in Flora Nwapa's Novels ; Resistance and Activism in Sembene Ousmane's God's Bits of Wood ; Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality in Nigerian Movies.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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