Add to ORKGThe last century has witnessed an upsurge in literature triggered by the feminist movement. This unprecedented event has transformed the various literary genres that are being deconstructed to suit the changing times. African literature has not been spared by the universalized world order. The paper attempts a re-analysis of gender inequality from the pre-colonial to post-colonial period from the lenses of literary narratives. Male writers like Chinua Achebe, Elechi Amadi, Wole Soyinka, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, and Cyprain Ekwensi in their literary mass are accused of condoning patriarchy, are deeply entrenched in a macho conviviality and a one dimensional and minimalised presentation of women who are demoted and assume peripheral roles. Their pen...
A majority of West African women, like most other African women, are victims of society regulated by...
The recognition and acceptance of the social construction of gender and the coercive nature of gende...
In African Male Writings, as in other writings from the other regions of the world, the tradition of...
The last century has witnessed an upsurge in literature triggered by the feminist movement. This unp...
The paper re-examines feminist issues that are prevalent in the African literary discourse. Many fem...
Several African literary texts and the critical responses to these texts have engaged extensively wi...
African literature has been dominated by male African writers. However, there are a number of female...
Gender has become a social factor of immeasurable importance. Many scholars and theorists of gender ...
The concept of feminism varies from one continent to another. In Africa, a woman has to struggle wit...
Published ArticleLike most literature around the world, African literature initially portrayed women...
This article analyses the presentation of women characters by male writers such as Okot p’Bitek, Ngu...
Many theorists, feminist scholars, and critics have been divided on the question of if it is possibl...
Feminist writers have over the years portrayed patriarchy as the major and real source of female exp...
This work examines the view of gender inequality in African society in the novels of three African f...
Gender Issues in African Literature examines the ways in which some protagonists of African fictions...
A majority of West African women, like most other African women, are victims of society regulated by...
The recognition and acceptance of the social construction of gender and the coercive nature of gende...
In African Male Writings, as in other writings from the other regions of the world, the tradition of...
The last century has witnessed an upsurge in literature triggered by the feminist movement. This unp...
The paper re-examines feminist issues that are prevalent in the African literary discourse. Many fem...
Several African literary texts and the critical responses to these texts have engaged extensively wi...
African literature has been dominated by male African writers. However, there are a number of female...
Gender has become a social factor of immeasurable importance. Many scholars and theorists of gender ...
The concept of feminism varies from one continent to another. In Africa, a woman has to struggle wit...
Published ArticleLike most literature around the world, African literature initially portrayed women...
This article analyses the presentation of women characters by male writers such as Okot p’Bitek, Ngu...
Many theorists, feminist scholars, and critics have been divided on the question of if it is possibl...
Feminist writers have over the years portrayed patriarchy as the major and real source of female exp...
This work examines the view of gender inequality in African society in the novels of three African f...
Gender Issues in African Literature examines the ways in which some protagonists of African fictions...
A majority of West African women, like most other African women, are victims of society regulated by...
The recognition and acceptance of the social construction of gender and the coercive nature of gende...
In African Male Writings, as in other writings from the other regions of the world, the tradition of...