| Titre |
The Representation of the African Woman in Male-Dominated Society: A Study of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Amma Darko’s Beyond the Horizon |
| Auteurs |
GBAGUIDI CELESTIN [1],
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| Journal: |
International Journal of Arts and Humanities (IJAH) |
| Catégorie Journal: |
Africaine |
| Impact factor: |
0 |
| Volume Journal: |
7 |
| DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijah.v7i2.6 |
| Resume |
This paper highlighted and analysed the portrayals of the traditional African women in selected postcolonial
Anglophone African writers’ literary works such as Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
(1958) and Amma Darko’s Beyond the Horizon (1995). Although they are of opposite sex, different
nationalities and generations they condemn the phallocentric organisation of the African societies
where women are nothing but naïve, second-rank and sexually addicted people, reproducers, mere
commodities and men’s appendage, just to name a few. Interestingly, Achebe and Darko are
convinced that it is time to do justice to women. Therefore, post-colonial criticism offers the lenses
through which female characters can regain power. This paper posited that some writers show concern
for the relegation of the African woman to subordination because they are not satisfied with some
African male writers’ misrepresentation of the African woman. For this reason, they decide to give
proofs of the real role of the African woman in her community. |
| Mots clés |
African woman, biased image, subordinate, patriarchy, exploit, fairness |
| Pages |
40 - 48 |
| Fichier |
(PDF) |