Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Lagos. Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-331) and index.
Contents:
The role of African women in life and literature -- Onitsha market literature : the chapbook heroine -- Cyprian Ekwensi : a socially conditioned perception -- The elevated heroine -- Flora Nwapa : the women's vulnerability and her search for options -- Buchi Emecheta : the yoke of womanhood -- Grace Ogot : the East African perspective -- Bessie Head : the alienated heroine.
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