The Representation of Motherhood in Flora Nwapa’s Efuru (1966) and Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood (1979): A Comparative Study.
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Date
2020
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UNIVERSITE MOULOUD MAMMERI TIZI-OUZOU
Abstract
This piece of research falls within comparative analysis of the representation of motherhood
in the works of two feminist African writers belonging to different generations, Flora Nwapa’s
Efuru (1966) and Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood(1979).In order to reach our
purpose and support our premise, we have relied on the theory of Motherism developed by the
Nigerian theorist Catherine Obianuju Acholonu in her work, Motherism:The Afrocentric
Alternative to Feminism published in1995.The work comprises a discussion of two important
sections; firstly, we have studied the status of women in African patriarchal society and their
sufferings from polygamous men and how both patriarchy and colonisation work together
towards female subservience; Moreover, we have shown the myth of motherhood which is
imposed on woman within African society. Similarly, in the second chapter, we have explored
the importance of motherhood for African women’s identity, focusing on the female
protagonists Nnu Ego and Efuru. Then after analysing both works we have come to the findings
that both writers are feminists deal with women’s issues and the victimization of Igbo women
in Nigeria and by extensions all societies. Finally we have supplied a conclusion that
summarizes our findings in relation to our issue, and how both authors regarded motherhood
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30cm.; 54p.+cd
Keywords
Motherhood, Motherism, African female writers, patriarchy, colonisation, polygamy.
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Littérature Générale et Comparée