representation of women in african literature
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Prepared by : Nidhi Jasani
Paper : African Literature
Enrolment number : 14101018
Department of English M.K.B.
University
Email: nidhijasani15@gmail.com
Representation of Women in African
literature
REPRESENTATION OF WOMAN WITH REFERENCE OF
Things Fall Apart
Grain of Wheat
Waiting for Barbarian
Swamp Dweller
WHAT WE DISCUSS…
How land and women represent.
Marginalization of women.
Exploitation of women.
Suppression of women.
HOW WOMEN AND LAND PRESENT
Concept of
Mother land Father land
LAND AND WOMEN
• In Grain of Wheat, we found that people say that ‘Kenya is our mother’.
• Concept of motherland (mother is female)
• Mother land is always muted and silent.
• Ruled by British people and then native people.
• Colonizer comes with masculine power. (nation)
In Thing Fall Apart we found that as part of punishment Okonkwo exile from ‘father land’ and send to ‘mother land’.
Okonkwo also respected because he have three wives an piece of land.
A man who has piece of land and many wife is richest and powerful in the place.
Not only marginalization but double marginalization of women.
Achebe gives name to Okonkwo’smother land but he fails to give name to Okonkwo’s mother.
In Waiting for Barbarians the Barbarian girl is only female character is shown in novel but she also have not given name.
Marginalization of
women
EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN
In ‘Waiting for Barbarians’ we found that the girl has not given voice to shows the condition of women in their society.
By helping her Megistar make her victim of his sympathy.
She known as ‘other’
In the beginning her body is unmarked, but later on her boy is full of scars. (mind)
SUPPRESSION OF WOMEN
Mumbi have all the quality of central
character, but she not considered as central
character.
She is more strong then Mugo.
“Women are coward”
- Karanja laugh on
women.
Strong and
Independent
Mumbi
she should have been boy
Ezinma
Alu
Faithful
Consistent to husband
Simple and honest
Desala
Unfaithful
Inconsistent
Materialistic
Men over power women.
Started beating women
Celebration of mesquenline power.
Identity of women as an object to show case of man power.
Women have not their own identity.
. AT THE END OF DISCUSSION….
In African literature women are voiceless or
consider as ‘others’.
Women have not given appropriate and
enough space in literature.
Exploitation of women and land also.
In these all novels and plays, there is
suppuration and marginalization of women.
There is victimization of women
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