The Representation Of Motherhood In Flora Nwapa’s Efuru (1966) And Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys Of Motherhood (1979): A Comparative Study.

Résumé: This piece of research falls within comparative analysis of the representation of motherhood in the works of two feminist African writers belonging to different generations, Flora Nwapa’s Efuru (1966) and Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood(1979).In order to reach our purpose and support our premise, we have relied on the theory of Motherism developed by the Nigerian theorist Catherine Obianuju Acholonu in her work, Motherism:The Afrocentric Alternative to Feminism published in1995.The work comprises a discussion of two important sections; firstly, we have studied the status of women in African patriarchal society and their sufferings from polygamous men and how both patriarchy and colonisation work together towards female subservience; Moreover, we have shown the myth of motherhood which is imposed on woman within African society. Similarly, in the second chapter, we have explored the importance of motherhood for African women’s identity, focusing on the female protagonists Nnu Ego and Efuru. Then after analysing both works we have come to the findings that both writers are feminists deal with women’s issues and the victimization of Igbo women in Nigeria and by extensions all societies. Finally we have supplied a conclusion that summarizes our findings in relation to our issue, and how both authors regarded motherhood

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