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Title:Feminist inclinations of Flora Nwapa
Author:Achufusi, Ify G.ISNI
Year:1994
Periodical:African Literature Today
Issue:19
Pages:101-114
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:feminism
literature
About person:Flora Nwapa (1931-1993)ISNI
Abstract:There has been a tendency for African intellectuals to dissociate themselves from the term 'feminism'. This paper argues that such an attitude arises from a lack of proper understanding of what the term involves. A genuine African feminism highlights the inequities in the male/female relationship in society, with a view to changing institutionalized subjugation, intimidation and oppression of women. The author examines the feminist inclinations of the Nigerian writer Flora Nwapa, who has stated that she is not a feminist. Nwapa has often made the experiences of the African woman the central concern of her creative work. An analysis of the heroines in her three novels, 'Efuru' (1966), 'Idu' (1970) and 'One is enough' (1981), shows that the quest of the female characters for self-fulfillment does not alienate them from their social milieu, but rather strengthens their position in society. Note, ref.
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