The colonial experience of the African and the imposition of colonial values on the African worldview are factors that indeed had provided the impetus and even motivation for much of the literary p…
Writing a piece on the politics of becoming intellectual - something that so many African women are terrified of - made me realise what a rare opportunity I had been presented with to say some of t…
This paper examines the pan-African perspective that informs Ama Ata Aidoo’s body of work. It situates the author’s work within the seemingly male-dominated pan-African discourse of the 1960s a…
Africa's lack of progress on what might be better referred to as "Minimal Development Goals", reveals the unpalatable scenario of an African continent characterized by the extreme social injustices…
In Nigeria, as in other societies, there is, and there has always been a women's movement or more correctly women's movements. These existed before, during and after colonialism. Many of these may …
The purpose of this article is to discuss the impact of culture,3 tradition4 custom5 and law on gender equality. However, before the article discusses that matter it will examine the influence of…