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Author(s):
DAHOUE Lamine.
Page No : 1-15
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FEMALE EMPOWERMENT AND THE RESHAPING OF GENDER ROLES IN ZAKES MDA’S BLACK DIAMOND
Abstract
This article aims to represent the fight conducted by African women to subvert
phallocentric norms. Through the lens of feminism, this insight first discloses features
that actually present women’s humiliations. Second, female empowerment is stressed.
Z. Mda proposes an inter-gender struggle in which women, belonging to the female
gender, stand against the male gender and their patriarchal system in a third instance.
This struggle is seen as a means used by women to challenge the phallocentric
ideologies. The last section deals with the remapping of gender roles. After their
successful campaign, women reorganize their society.
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Author(s):
Aha Melissa Epiphanie SORO.
Page No : 16-26
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FEMINIST DISCOURSE AND THE RESHAPING OF FEMALE IMAGE IN KILANKO YEJIDE’S DAUGHTERS WHO WALK THIS PATH
Abstract
The aim of this study is to reveal the feminist strategies used by women to subvert male
hegemony, especially their proclivity to reduce women to sexual objects. Through the
lens of feminist criticism, we successively dealt with female’s subjugation to rape; their
struggle to resist male whimsical desires and finally their actions for the reshaping of
their image. The study has shown their victory in leading a fight for the change of their
conditions in phallocentric societies of Africa.
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Author(s):
Souleymane TUO.
Page No : 27-41
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ANTAGONISTIC DISCOURSES OF CHAOS THEORY IN THE FEMINIST NARRATIVES OF RIMMA ONOSETA’S HOW YOU GROW WINGS
Abstract
The aim of the study is to show how African females subvert the long-standing
premises of phallocentrism in their process of emancipation. With the feminist
criticism as a theoretical baseline, this article demonstrates the antagonism that
resides in the interplay between feminism and patriarchy. It explores the prevalence of
phallocentric discourse of order in patriarchal societies. Furthermore, the insight
chronicles the advent of the feminist discourse of disorder as a way of debunking the
age-old patriarchal discourse of order. As a conclusive instance, the supremacy of the
feminist discourse of disorder as contributing to the emergence of a new feminist order
in Africa has been emphasized.
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Author(s):
Evrard AMOI, Siaka SANGARE.
Page No : 42-55
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UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA IN THE POSTCOLONIAL NARRATIVES OF NGUGI WA THIONG’O’S MATIGARI
Abstract
This article chronicles the utopian vision of the Kenyan Society and their
disillusionment after self-regaining in Matigari (1987), a novel written by Ngũgĩ wa
Thiong'o. By choosing an idealistic protagonist who believes in a radical change for
Kenyan society he exposes his utopian vision post-colonial society plagued by
corruption and inequality. The new political elites, who replaced the colonial
oppressors, are shown to perpetuate similar injustices for personal gain. By using
narratology, the aim of this work is to decipher the failure of many post-colonial
governments on realising their promises and therefore betraying the expectations and
hopes of their people.
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Author(s):
Moussa OUATTARA, Inza DJIRE.
Page No : 56-66
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HYBRIDITY AND IDENTITY CHALLENGE IN REBECCA WALKER’S BLACK WHITE AND JEWISH: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SHIFTING SELF
Abstract
This article explores the theme of hybridity and the identity challenges Rebecca Walker
faces in Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self (2001). By
analyzing Walker’s negotiation of her biracial and bicultural identity, the study
examines how she navigates the tensions between societal expectations and personal
identity. Drawing on postcolonial theory, particularly Homi Bhabha’s concept of
hybridity and Stuart Hall’s notion of identity as an evolving process, this article
highlights the transformative potential of cultural in-betweenness. Walker’s memoir
serves as a critical lens through which to understand the fluidity of identity in a
multicultural context, challenging rigid racial and cultural binaries. Chapter 1
establishes the theoretical foundation of hybridity and identity through postcolonial
perspectives; Chapter 2 examines Walker’s lived experience as a biracial and bicultural
individual negotiating social expectations; and Chapter 3 explores Embracing
Hybridity, toward a New Racial Identity Paradigm
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Author(s):
Maxime TA BI IRIE.
Page No : 67-82
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(UN)PATRIOTISM AND EXOTICISM IN MOBILITY NARRATIVES: MOSES ISEGAWA’S ABYSSINIAN CHRONICLES, CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S AMERICANAH AND AMMA DARKO’S BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Abstract
The present article plunges into the exotic attitudes and lack of patriotic spirit of
Africans in contrast with Western youth. It is a comparative study to lay bare the deep
roots of migratory phenomenon in vogue in African States. This work intends to be the
barometer of patriotic engagement of young African and their fellows of European and
American with their nations. Indeed, the article seeks to assess the level of pride that
the different citizens display towards their land. Objectively, it showcases the drastic
opposed transmitted thinking and perception that African and western youth have of
themselves and also of their fatherland. In a psychoanalysis process, the analysis
focuses on the contradictory thinking, speech and actions of both westerners and
Africans youth in the novels of African migrant writers. In two main articulated parts
relying on subparts, the investigation undertakes to result in the expected
denouement
