Black womanism in Flora Nwapa's Efuru (1966)
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2016
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university of Oum El Bouaghi
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The african societies have always been depicted by the West as primitive and far from any kind of civilization. One of those depictions is the established image about women, they are oppressed and marginalized by men. Efuru, the main character of Flora Nwapa's first novel, incorporates strength, financial independence, freedom and positive attitude in facing her problems especially the one related to men. So, this research investigates the positive portrayal of African black women in the african patriarchal society in Flora Nwapa's Efuru. On one hand, efuru's characterization seems challenging, and even precedent to the white Western woman status, what white Feminism has advocated for many years. On the other hand, she represents perfectly womanism and african womanism as defined by Alice Walker and Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi respectively. Though, womanism has different definitions but it highlights the ability of women to be free and independent from any kind of social and cultural restrictions made by man. So, Flora Nwapa can be considered as a Feminist writer, however; this research deals with her as womanist.
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Novel : Flora Nwapa : Efuru