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    Buchi Emecheta’s Kehinde (1994) and Maissa Bey’s Hizya (2015): Women’s Resistance and Move to the Center
    (Mouloud Mammeri University OF Tizi-Ouzou, 2022) ALI MAMAR, Fatma Ourdia; GADI, Kamelia
    The present dissertation explores the matters of patriarchy and women’s resistance in the Nigerian and Algerian societies through the works of Buchi Emecheta’s Kehinde (1994) and Maissa Bey’s Hizya (2015). Our study discusses the issues of gender discrimination and resistance through education and work in both novels. This study is divided into two chapters. In the first one, we have analyzed the issues of the conservative nature of the Nigerian and Algerian traditional cultures that discriminate women and oppress them. In the second chapter, we have depicted women’s resistance through education and work since they are the ultimate way for women’s liberation. To achieve our goal, we have relied on bell hooks feminist theory From Margin to Center (1984) and Betty Friedan’s theory The Feminine Mystique (1963). This work shows the difficulties and the hard living conditions of women who endure pain from their families, husband’s and society. Moreover, we have depicted how women resist and protest the patriarchal attitudes for seeking freedom through the process of education and work. This study concludes that women’s move from marginalization into rehabilitation of their position can be reached by education and work.