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This book explores the different ways women have been liberating
themselves from the shackles of patriarchy and cultural laws that
inhibit their independence and freedom to show that women are also
contributing meaningfully to society. Women have worked to attain
freedom through speaking out, writing memoirs, fiction, plays,
poetry, and essays. The creative experiences of women are captured
in this book, thus fulfilling the book's aim to give women voices
to air their views and show that they are effectual members of
society. The book examines the roles played by patriarchy,
religion, and socioeconomic and political systems that keep women
to the background. It also examines the issue of education,
otherhood, marginalization, cultural imposition, and the diverse
positions of women in local and international affairs. The book
testifies that women's literature, and the stories of women all
over the world, can be appreciated and viewed from different
perspectives because of the diverse cultural environment in which
women find themselves. This confirms that the issue of
marginalization, suppression, and oppression of women are on-going
problems in different societies around the world.
Legacies of Passed African Women Writers: Matrix of Creativity and
Power proffers varied perspectives of the invaluable contributions
of ten deceased African writers from all across Africa who have
cleared the path to a vibrant African feminist arena. The dynamics
of change gleaned from both their textual and contextual concerns
unarguably set the pace for contemporary African women writers who
have striven to follow in the footsteps of their literary mothers
as well as their oral foremothers. This book, edited by Helen
Chukwuma and Chioma Carol Opara, shows the collective testament of
ample creativity and power generated by these departed heroes:
Flora Nwapa, Mariama Ba, Grace Ogot, Zulu Sofola, Bessie Head,
Buchi Emecheta, Nawal El Saadawi, Assia Djebar, Yvonne Vera, and
Nadine Gordimer. These chapters revolve around the positive impact
of the celebrated writers on creative writing, theoretical
formulations, and socio-cultural change. The contributors argue
that these corpus of works have illuminated creativity rooted in
power, vision, and freedom.
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