Abstract: The study examines Female Assertion in Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter and Zaynab Alkali the Stillborn. From findings, in the two selected plays the study has shown that, several cultural practices in African humiliates and affects the women emotionally as seen in Ba’s So Long a Letter. In another instance, the persistent inequality…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study The emergence of African female writers into the male dominated African literature is seen in the twentieth century which consequently brings a conscious art of feminist ideology. Feminist on the other hand write for equality between men and women. Feminist movement is sometimes called the women’s liberation…
Abstract: This research work examines the effect of cultural discrimination against women in Zaynab Alkali’s The Still Born and Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter. This study shown that Zaynab Alkali and Mariam Ba are prolific African female writers because their writings call for the emancipation of African women from the shackles of male oppression…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study The struggle for women’s right began in the 18th century during the period of intense intellectual activity known as the Age of Enlightenment. These women accepted their fate without resistance because of the obnoxious and socio-cultural practices. In the same vein, female children are accorded inferior roles…
Abstract: This research work examines the effect of cultural discrimination against women in Zaynab Alkali’s The Still Born and Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter. This study shown that Zaynab Alkali and Mariam Ba are prolific African female writers because their writings call for the emancipation of African women from the shackles of male oppression…