Representation of women in African literature

1. Representation of Women in African Literature
 Name :- Parmar Darshna V.
 Roll No :- 6
 M.A. :- Sem :- 3
 Batch :- 2017- 2019
 Paper Name :- ( The African Literature )
 Topic :- Representation of Women in African Literature
 Email Id :- parmardarshana1997@gmail.com
 Submitted to :- Smt.S.B.Gardi
 Department of English
 M.K.Bhavnagar University
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2. Representation of Women with Reference of
 Things Fall Apart
 Grain of Wheat
 Waiting for Barbarian
 Swamp Dweller

3. LAND AND WOMEN
 In Grain of Wheat . We found that people say that”
kenya is our mother.
 Concept of motherland
 Mother land is always muted and silent.
 Ruled by British people and then native people.
 Colonizer comes in with mesquenline power.

4. In Things Fall Apart we found that as part of punishment Okonkwo exile from ‘ father
land ‘ and send to ‘mother land’.
A man who has piece of land and many wife is richest and powerful in the place.
Okonkwo also respected because he have three wives and piece of land.

5. Marginalization of Women
 Not only marginalization but double marginalization of
women.
 Achebe gives name to Okonkwo‘s mother land but he
fails to give name to Okonkwo’s mother.
 In Waiting for Barbarians the Barbarian girl in only
female character is shown in novel but she also have
not given name.

6. Exploitation of Women
 In ‘Waiting for Barbarians ‘we found that the girl has
not given voice to shows the condition of women in
their society.
 By helping her Megistar make her victim of his
sympathy.
 She known as ‘other’.
 In the beginning her body is unmarked ,but later on
her body is full of scars.( mind)

7. Suppression of Women
 Mumbi have all the quality of central character ,but she not
considered as central character.
 She is more strong then Mugo.

8. How some women are portrait negative and some
are positive
Strong and
Independe
nt
She should
have been
boy
Mumbi
Ezinm
a
ALU :- Faithful
Consistent to
husband Simple
honest
Desala :-
Unfaithful
Inconsistent
Materialistic

9. Situation of Women
 Men over power women.
 Started beating women.
Celebration of mesquenline power.
 Identity of women as an object to show case of
man power.
 Women have not their own identity.