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Exploring Women’s Quandary in Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood and Flora Nwapa’s Efuru

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  • Maxime Adjavounvoun
  • Théophile Houndjo
  • Célestin Gbaguidi

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This study has highlighted the root causes of women’s quandary in post-colonial African fiction. It explores two giant Nigerian women-authored novels. Analyses have revealed that women’s suffering is basically due to the patriarchal ideology that governs most African societies. Barrenness, motherhood, and poverty are other major factors. Further analysis of these factors shows that the last three aspects are in connection with the first. As a result, one can assume that the excessive patriarchal philosophy is a leading reason for women’s predicaments. For an objective result, we have used a qualitative data analysis approach. We have applied feminism and post-colonial theories in the analyses.

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  • Maxime Adjavounvoun & Théophile Houndjo & Célestin Gbaguidi, 2024. "Exploring Women’s Quandary in Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood and Flora Nwapa’s Efuru," European Journal of Language and Culture Studies, European Open Science Publishing, vol. 3(4), pages 15-22, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejlang:v:3:y:2024:i:4:id:4115
    DOI: 10.24018/ejlang.2024.3.4.115
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    1. Célestin Gbaguidi & Panaewazibiou Dadja-Tiou & Maurice Gade, 2022. "The Predicaments of Childless Women in Nigerian Fiction: A Womanist Reading of Flora Nwapa’s One Is Enough and Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives," European Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 2(5), pages 63-72, September.
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