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Feminism in Africa and African Women’s Writing

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Feminism developed out of the discontents of women in the West. Although African women, over the ages, have always been sensitive to all forms of discrimination within the African society, the emergence of feminism and feminist consciousness-raising awakened in them a new awareness of their oppression through the inequalities in society, reinforced by patriarchal tradition and culture. Many African women have aligned themselves with feminism and the feminist cause and, despite all odds have made remarkable progress in their lives and society and gained respectable acceptance and recognition from even the most stubborn reluctance of male domination. This trend has been captured by African women writers in their literary works which reflect the progress African women have made in transitioning from the margin to the centre and their contributions to social change.

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: African Research Review:An International Multidisciplinary Journal, Ethiopia.,
Number of Pages
11 pages
ISBN
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Language
English
ISSN
2070-0083
Subject(s)
Africa
African women
Feminism
Patriarchy
Change
consciousness-raising
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https://doi.org/10.4314/afrrev.v14i1.8
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