Mobility and Resistance in Buchi Emecheta’s The Bride Price (1976) and Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter (1981)
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Date
2022
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Mouloud Mammeri University
Abstract
The present dissertation is a comparative study of two African literary works: The Bride Price (1976) written by the Nigerian author BuchiEmecheta and So Long a Letter (1981) written by the Senegalese author Mariama Ba. It focuses on the issues of Mobility and Resistance through the female characters of the two novels and it highlights how African women in both Nigeria and Senegal are subverted to the same conditions. To achieve our goal we have relied on the ’Feminist Theory: from Margin to Center (1984), a book written by the African American author and feminist activist bell hooks. In the first chapter, we have shown the issue of marriage and polygamy in both the Nigerian and Senegalese societies, and how women face these challenges in the patriarchal system. In the second chapter, we have analysed the theme of education as a powerful tool for women’s empowerment. This chapter has examined women’s resistance through the female characters. In both works, women reject traditional gender roles and speak out against the patriarchal system that oppress them. Finally, we have concluded that The Bride Price and So Long a Letter stresses the complexities and resilience of African women who are in constant resistance against men’s oppression to achieve their deserved status in their societies.
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53p. ; 30cm(+CD-Rom)
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The Bride Price, So Long a Letter, Mobility, Resistance, Polygamy, Marriage, Patriarchal system, Education.
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General and Comparative Literature