A Critical Analysis of the Representation of Western and African Education Systems in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s iPurple Hibiscus /i(2004)

Adichie is a prolific author from Nigeria, a central figure in postcolonial literature. Adichie’s works juxtaposes Western and African education influences. Her debut novel Purple Hibiscus has been globally acclaimed. This article explores African and Western education and gender stereotypes in Purple Hibiscus. On one hand, the article focuses on Western form of education aspects on natives. On the other hand, sightsees African indigenous education aspects. The article employed qualitative method of data collection and textual analysis technique for data analysis. Qualitative method sanctioned researchers to make known the inconsistencies in which Western and African systems of education operate in the context of the novel Purple Hibiscus. The article explores place of modern African woman in a patriarchal society of educated but brainwashed educated elites. Adichie juxtaposes the African and Western systems of education and demonstrates that material wealth and possessions do not guarantee happiness. The article argues that education is not all about job security but for nurturing critical, creative thinking, and problem solving. Accordingly, education is an emancipation for women, chaffing under the yoke of patriarchy. The article challenges westerners educated elites prejudices on one hand. While on the other hand ridicules some African educated elites for nurturing neo-colonialism on their subjects. Accordingly, the article invites scholars and leaders to hold equity for both male and female genders empowerment and treatment of universal human being with dignity